Westminster to open six schools in China

Almaty. December 8. Silkroadnews - Westminster will open six schools in China, BBC reports.
“A leading independent school, Westminster School, is to set up six schools in China, in what will be one of the biggest expansions of a UK school brand into China,” the report said.
Westminster said, the income from educational institutions in China will be used to finance scholarships for low-income students in London.
The schools, the first of which will open in Chengdu in 2020, are created with the help of an educational firm in Hong Kong.
“The top London private school, which charges more than £37,000 per year for boarders and more than £26,000 for day pupils, is to sign an agreement to open six bi-lingual schools in China with the Hong Kong firm HKMETG,” the agency reported.
Teaching in schools will be carried out in accordance with the national curriculum of China, “augmented by aspects of a Westminster curriculum.”
The head of Westminster, Patrick Derham, said that the partnership with China will deepen cultural cooperation.
A number of other private schools have opened schools in China, including Harrow, Dulwich College, Malvern and Wellington College.