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The school is founded by Datuk Hassan bin
Harun, a renowned Malaysian private educationist who is an advocate of
life-long learning. Since he started his career in 1960s, he has been
involved in the founding and running of several private institutions of
various level in Malaysia. |
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Other than the Wadi Sofia projects, his recent achievements are the
establishment of Institut Teknologi Tun Abdul Razak (ITTAR), a junior
college, and Universiti Tun Abdul Razak (UNITAR), the regions's first
on-line English-medium private university with a combined student population
of 12,000. Both institutions are accreditated by the Ministry of Education
of Malaysia.
According to Datuk Hassan Harun, in this age of rapid changes, education has
become an art of life-long learning, unlearning and relearning.
WaSIS is established to meet the needs of expatriate families mostly
academicians, researchers and technologiests serving Universiti Sains
Malaysia's (USM) School of Medical Sciences and USM Teaching Hospital (www.kck.usm.my),
as well as foreign students who wish to benefit from Malaysia as a peaceful
and stable country and a centre of educational excellence.
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