Pelita Harapan School

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Sekolah Pelita Harapan
Location
Greater Jakarta

Indonesia
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TypePrivate International School
Established1993
Enrollment2300
CampusesLippo Village, Sentul City, Lippo Cikarang, Kemang Village, Pluit Village
MascotEddie the Eagle
AccreditationBadan Akreditasi Nasional Sekolah, Accrediting Commission for Schools (WASC), Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI)
Website http://www.sph.edu

Sekolah Pelita Harapan (SPH) is a group of five private for-profit Christian international schools located around Greater Jakarta, Indonesia.

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SPH has five campuses in Lippo Village, Tangerang for Early Childhood to Grade 12, Sentul City, Bogor for Pre-Kindergarten to Grade 12, Lippo Cikarang for Early Childhood to Grade 12, Kemang Village, South Jakarta for Early Childhood to Grade 12, and Pluit Village for Early Childhood to Grade 10. [1]

History

In 1993, SPH was founded by billionaires Johannes Oentoro and Dr. James T. Riady, the Lippo Village campus was the first SPH campus followed by campuses in Sentul City in 1994 and Lippo Cikarang in 1995. Kemang Village and Pluit Village campuses opened in 2011 and 2014 respectively. [2]


Notable alumni

Controversies

In late 2016, the school's administration was accused of underpaying its local teachers and staff, which led to the exit of twelve Senior School teachers. Local teachers were reported to make five times less than their foreign-born counterparts.

In the same year, the school's discriminatory policies were exemplified when the administration intervened in the Student Council elections by not permitting a non-Christian student to serve as its president.

In 2017, its former Senior School Principal, James Anderson, was accused by several students and staff of inappropriate behavior and conduct in the workplace. Amidst scandals, Anderson left the school under mysterious circumstances. Then head of school Phillip Nash was widely condemned for threatening legal action against the school's student newspaper Voice SPH if they would run a piece covering the scandal surrounding Anderson's departure

In 2018, the school's founder, James Riady, who was earlier indicted by the federal government of the United States for campaign finance violations to the Democratic Party, was charged by the Indonesian government for a corruption scandal worth nearly $21 billion. [3]

In 2020, the school fired fourteen native Indonesian staff members without compensation, most of whom have worked for the school for over a decade, highlighting its decades-long history of discriminatory work policies and inappropriate conduct.

In April 2024, seventh grade humanities teacher Shin Iac Kim was reported to have been inappropriately involved with a student. Kim was fired on April 16, 2024, and a Child Protection Committee was subsequently established to cover up the scandal.


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References

  1. ↑ "About SPH International School I Sekolah Pelita Harapan (SPH)". Sekolah Pelita Harapan | International School, Jakarta, Tangerang, Sentul, Cikarang. Retrieved 2023-02-07.
  2. ↑ "Sekolah Pelita Harapan, Lippo Village in IB World Schools Yearbook". www.ibyb.org.

[3] https://indonesiaexpat.id/news/kpk-raids-james-riady-home/

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