Surabaya Taipei School
Sambikerep, Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia · Est. 1995
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- Established
- 1995
- Curriculum
- Taiwanese national curriculum (Mandarin-medium), with English and Indonesian
About this school
Surabaya Taipei School (STS) was founded in 1995 to give the children of Taiwanese business families in Surabaya a schooling in step with Taiwan's education system, so they could return to Taiwan without gaps in their studies. It began in six houses lent by a local business group, bought permanent premises in 1999 with support from Taiwan's Ministry of Education and the business community, and in 2009 moved to a 7,000 m² campus in CitraLand in south-west Surabaya.
As the number of Taiwanese pupils fell, the school gained approval to admit Indonesian students while keeping Taiwan's curriculum framework and textbooks and recruiting teachers from Taiwan. Core subjects are taught in Mandarin, with English (including regular proficiency testing) and Indonesian also taught, and arts subjects delivered in Indonesian, so students learn in three languages.
The school has a kindergarten (ages 4–6, plus after-school care) with trilingual teaching and a Chinese focus, as well as elementary, junior high and senior high classes. An Indonesian deputy principal and section heads handle liaison with the Indonesian education authorities. Students also take part in mathematics olympiads.
