The Beginning of Singapore Piaget Academy

The Beginning of Singapore Piaget Academy - Solo Raya

We cannot deny the influence and existence of globalization around us these days. New technologies have evolved rapidly. For instance, just imagine what a mobile phone can do now a days. It can serve as a phone, multimedia gadget, personal computer, and much more. All these have happened in a very short period of time.

To the same extent, like education development in Indonesia , the government has opened its doors to the international global market. There are hundreds of international schools which have grown tremendously in the big cities of Indonesia -- Jakarta , Surabaya , Medan and Bandung . Now slowly this stream of international schools is flowing towards the smaller cities of Indonesia . This means that places like Solo would have a tremendous amount of educational development opportunities in the future.

We have all come to understand how important it is for us to keep up with the new development of international education.

So many families here in Solo have been sending their children to study abroad at a very young age. This proves that most parents are concerned about providing the best education for their children. Sending a child overseas at such a young age has never been a comfortable ride for the parents. They worry about the negative behaviour that their child might develop in living in a different environment. Most importantly, they are anxious about the social gap between them and their children resulting from sending kids to study abroad.

Also, the parents worry about how much they have to spend to support their children's education--funds being injected to other countries instead of their own.

Let's imagine what would happen to our beloved city, Solo Raya, in the future if we had never done anything to keep up with the globalization. A global, social and academic change is knocking at our door. If we would not upgrade our educational level to global standards, we would fall behind rapidly. With time passing so fast, we will only create a lost generation--a generation which will be terrified by the revolution of this new changing world.

It has been two years since we had a dream to have our own international school, one that will serve our community in and around Solo.

It all started on the 1st of April 2005 , when 10 prominent businessmen in Solo sat together with Mr. William Yiu, the pioneer and the consultant of The Piaget Academy, to realize this Piaget Academy , to realize this dream. These prominent businessmen were Bp. Lukminto, Bp. Hartono Setyo, Mr. Arief Nugroho, Mr. Robby Sumampow, Mr. Henry Suryanto, Mr. Hendarto Prasetiyo, Mr. Ageng, Mr. Kunto Harjono, and Mr. Wiryawan Arya.

It took them only a few hours to set up the company PT. Bina Insan Mulia, which funded our school building. All of them were genuinely concerned about the importance of quality education for the future generation in Solo Raya. We would like to thank them and we appreciate their social commitment and all the sacrifices they have made so that we will be in line with the rest of the world. With their kind help, our future generation will stand with their heads held high among the rest of the world.

Not long after the first meeting, on the 8th of August 2005 , PT. Bina Insan Mulia signed a mutual agreement with PT Piaget Indonesia to confirm our commitment to build the best international school in our town. I am glad to say that the Piaget Schools are the only schools in Indonesia that are certified and governed directly by the Ministry of Education of Singapore through Singapore Examinations & Assessment Board (SEAB). Now this achievement puts us on the right track and with this our school will be able to obtain professional guidance of world-class education for our children.

Three months later, on the 12th of November 2005 , we inaugurated our building construction by organizing a piling ceremony which was officiated by our Bupati Sukoharjo, Bp Bambang Riyanto. Not long after the piling, we began our building construction. We would like to express our gratitude for our own pioneer, Mr. William Yiu, who spent a lot of his time drawing and monitoring the architecture of our well-designed building. He also shared his belief that when it comes to world-class education, no student should be left behind. The standards and facilities of the school building should be able to accommodate all that.

To be honest, it was not an easy task to bring new ideas into our community. It took a lot of courage and endless tears to convince the people about the importance of early childhood education. Many people had little out schedule. We just cannot express our deepest appreciation to our parents who have believed in us from the very beginning. We believe that we will serve and teach the children of Solo to be the best. Here they will be able to make their hidden talents and capabilities shine. Most importantly, studying will be fun and joyful. They will be able to excel in their learning journey in this school.

On July 31st, 2006 , with the help of our professional Board of Governors, Board of Management, strong faculty members, staff administration and our well-committed parents, we marked our first day of school with hearts full of enthusiasm, confidence, and great hope. Together, we will realize our vision of tomorrow today.

for further details, please contact :

SINGAPORE PIAGET ACADEMY - SOLO RAYA

EARLY LEARNING CENTRE - PRIMARY SCHOOL - SECONDARY SCHOOL

Jl. Raya Jlopo No.20, Solo Baru, Sukoharjo

Phone : +62 271 6727009 ; Fax : +62 271 6727006

e : info@spasolo.piagetacademy.org