The Edge Financial Daily - Tropicana marks first foray into education with new school

The school, located in the Tropicana Petaling Jaya township area, first opened its doors on August 29, 2016. It now has about 500 students, from the nursery level to diploma. "Tropicana Corp is fully committed to providing a learning environment that will complement the ministry of education's aspirations to develop students who will be globally competitive," said Tropicana's group chief executive officer Datuk Yau Kok Seng (pic)ai the launch. "Our methodology will promote and develop critical and creative thinking capacities that enable our students to perform in both the sciences and the arts" he added. SJIIM is a Lasallian educational institution and brother school to St Joseph's Institution International Singapore and the school's board of governors comprises representatives from Tropicana, the Lasallian Asia Partnership for International Schools and the lasallian East Asia District. "Establishing SJII in Malaysia was an important step for us in the expansion of our school beyond the shores of Singapore and as proud alumni of the Lasallian education system; we are confident about the public's recognition of the values a Lasallian education gives to a child," said SJIIM board of governors' chairman Michael Sng.