Enjoy this short video snippet about UCSI International School (Malaysia) from our 2025 Fall Osaka Expo.
Transcript
We spoke with Wayne Chong Wei Ren (Manager Strategy & Business Development).
ISTimes Global: (00:02) Hi. This is the International School Times Global at the Osaka International Education Expo. I’m here with Wayne. Wayne, could you introduce yourself, please?
Academics
UCSI International School (Wayne Chong Wei Ren): (00:11) Um, hello. Um, my name is Wayne, and I’m from Malaysia. Uh currently at Osaka right now, uh at this amazing fair, and I am representing my school, which is the um UCSI International School. Right. Um so, uh let me just give you a brief introduction about the school. Now, the school has been in Malaysia for the past 20 years as part of UCSI Group. Now, we as a group has been in Malaysia for 40 years. Yep. But the international school has been here for 20 years. And um we have like three campus in Malaysia. One in Kuala Lumpur, Subang Jaya, and one in Springhill. Okay. Now, um of course, we’ll be talking about the main one, which is um Kuala Lumpur. Okay. Uh in Kuala Lumpur, we have been around for five years. Okay, not too long. Um but we have more than 500 students at the moment. Okay. Um what happened is that we are a Cambridge school. All right? So, we are Cambridge curriculum. As you can see from this background, there’s a some logos here, which includes uh one of the 85 Apple Distinguished school in the world. Okay? So we are one of them. Um we also offer IB program in our another campus. Okay? And also the finished thing. All right? So, these are some of the I would say the key differentiator of the school because what happened when it comes to Apple? Okay, now, a lot of the time Cambridge, what happens? We will memorize what we learned. Go for an exam. The next day we will forget about it. And it’s fine because apparently, 70% of what you’ve learned when you come out to work, it’s kind of like irrelevant, especially when you are in primary or secondary school. Okay? So what we do is that instead of like learning by the books, we will include or integrate these kind of like Apple technology into their studies. So, what happened, for example, music lesson. You don’t just play the piano. You will use Apple or I would say iPad to create digital music. Same like arts. You don’t just draw on a piece of paper, you create digital art, digital design, coding, all these kind of things. These things, the skills that you learn can actually help to prepare you for the future. Okay? Um that’s one of our main um mission statement is to prepare our students for the future world. Okay? Right. So this is one of the way we will do it. So, instead of like, I hope that addressed the academic issue that you you ask me about. Yeah. Um so yeah, so that’s basically it from this part of the interview. I suppose.
School Culture
ISTimes Global: (03:06) Oh yeah, no, that sounds great. Um so now that we know a bit about academics at your school, can you tell us a bit about your school’s culture?
UCSI International School (Wayne Chong Wei Ren): (03:13) Culture. All right. Now, um of course, we focus on diversity here. Okay? Um how do we do this? Now, we the group itself is actually a family business. So, what happened in a family business is that we do not get investors involved in our business operation because if you get investor involved in an international school, what happened is that they will send me to China and maybe I will get like 300 students to the school. And you have half of the students speaking Mandarin in the class and then create a little bit of a bad experience for the others. So what we do is that we are able to control and limit the um nationality of our students by not exceeding 15%. All right? So, no single nationality in our school can exceed 15%. Okay, that’s how we control and ensure everyone speaks in an English uh environment where they can learn properly and make friends with other international students. Okay? So, that’s uh how we tend to shape our culture, which is uh focusing on um diversity. Yeah. Even our teachers, uh I would say 60% of them are from international countries, not just from um British or the Americans, but also from other countries such as Spain, Romania, Uzbekistan, um South Africa, Yeah, we do have them. So, it’s quite global, and that’s what we strive to be. Okay?
ISTimes Global: (04:39) That sounds great.
UCSI International School (Wayne Chong Wei Ren): (04:40) Yeah.
Future Memories
ISTimes Global: (04:41) Lastly, could you tell us a little bit about what memories you want students to take away from their time at your school when they graduate?
UCSI International School (Wayne Chong Wei Ren): (04:49) Well, academic is one thing. A lot of parents nowadays, they tend to focus a lot on the student’s academic. You want to get a good results. I send you to an international school because I want you to learn English. But I would say, well, these are somewhat important. The important, the most important things for me, I would say is the friends, the community, the network, the connection that you made throughout your school life. Okay? These people can be your friends for life, not just during this time. All right? You might go to another country, you might meet them in the future. Okay? So, um I would say the memories that you have is more like all your friends, uh the teachers, the way you learn, okay? And also even in the country of Malaysia itself because you might not be here forever, but hopes that it give you a glimpse of diversity since Malaysia itself is quite diverse as a country. Okay? So, hope to see you guys enjoying um the fair and also hope to see you guys in Malaysia very, very soon. Okay?
ISTimes Global: (05:57) That was great. Thank you so much for your time, Wayne.
UCSI International School (Wayne Chong Wei Ren): (05:59) Yep, yep. Pleasure is all mine.
About UCSI International School (Malaysia)
- Cambridge curriculum integrated with Apple technology
- One of 85 global Apple Distinguished Schools
- Emphasis on creativity, coding, and digital arts
- Multinational staff and student body
- No single nationality exceeds 15% enrollment
- Focus on global citizenship and future-ready skills
- Global citizenship and local impact
