British Prestigious 'Harrow School' Proposed to Open in Songdo, Incheon... Memorandum of Understanding Signed

Harrow School, a prestigious British school, is planning to establish an international school in the Incheon Free Economic Zone.

On the 13th, the Incheon Free Economic Zone Authority announced that it signed a memorandum of understanding for mutual cooperation with AISL Harrow International School, the legal entity authorized to establish Harrow School in Asia.

The two organizations have agreed to begin formal discussions to establish an international school under the Harrow School corporation in the Incheon Free Economic Zone.

The Incheon Free Economic Zone Authority is considering locating the school on the site of the second international school in Songdo. Currently, there are two international schools in Songdo?Chadwick and Calvin Manitoba?and one foreign school, Dalton, in Cheongna within the Incheon Free Economic Zone.

Jinyong Kim, Head of Incheon Free Economic Zone Authority (third from the left), is taking a commemorative photo after signing a memorandum of understanding with Eric Leung, CEO of AISL Harrow International School, the Asia establishment licensing corporation of Harrow School, in Hong Kong on the 12th.
[Photo by Incheon Free Economic Zone Authority]

Harrow School was founded in 1572 and has a history spanning approximately 450 years. It has produced many famous politicians, scholars, and artists, including British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, poet Lord Byron, Indian Prime Minister Nehru, Jordan’s third king Hussein I, and actor Benedict Cumberbatch.

Since 1998, Harrow School has operated 12 branch schools across Asia, starting in Bangkok and including Beijing, Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Shenzhen. Through this memorandum of understanding, the first Harrow School in Korea is being planned in the Incheon Free Economic Zone.

An official from the Incheon Free Economic Zone Authority stated, "While Harrow School’s main campus is an all-boys school, it is expected to operate as a coeducational institution in Incheon. Establishing an international school requires review by the Incheon Metropolitan Office of Education and the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, so it will take some time before the school is actually established."

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