In 2007, there were 86, 000 international students from 120 countries studying in Singapore.
There are over 1,200 private education organizations and 44 pre-tertiary schools offering international curricula in Singapore.
Raffles Education Corp, the largest private education group in Asia, has established its international headquarters in Singapore. About 61,000 students are studying in its 28 colleges around the Asia-Pacific.
In 2008, Tisch Asia appointed Oliver Stone, a three-time Academy Award winning film-maker, as its Artistic Director.
Singapore emerged first in both Mathematics and Science in a 49-country study of Grade 4 (Primary 4) and Grade 8 (Secondary 2) students conducted in 2002-03 (Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study).
