(Ningbo, China) On 13th July, the founder and CEO of the Hape Group (hereafter referred to as “Hape”), Peter Handstein, and the Director of the Ningbo Beilun Education Bureau, Wang Mingliang, cosigned an agreement on the entrustment of running the Access International Academy Ningbo (AIAN) School, which marks a new beginning for AIAN and a remarkable step for Hape Group in the area of education.
Established in 2003, AIAN is an independent nonsectarian coeducational school. It is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC), as well as a member of the Association of China and Mongolia International Schools (ACAMIS) and the East Asia Region Council of Overseas Schools (EARCOS). Besides these, it is also a College Board Testing Center and a venue for SAT and AP examinations. The curriculum of AIAN extends from Kindergarten through to High School. AIAN boasts an integrated and mature academy system.
Alongside school management, Hape is committed to improve social awareness in AIAN, explore and practice a cooperative school model, create a warm and caring learning environment for a larger number of students, and finally prepare the children to be the life-long learners, effective communicators, collaborative skill holders and global citizens. Hape plans to retain current teaching staff, optimize the international education resources and enlarge the scale of AIAN. “Mr. Waterman (the Headmaster of AIAN) and I both share the same idea; both of us care for children and hope to provide a good learning environment for students to become better and grow healthy,” said Peter Handstein.
“The ministry of Beilun District overseees AIAN, and expects to develop AIAN to become an important ancillary facility to attract international talent. We will support and cooperate with Hape to run a better AIAN and further improve the reputation of the international education in Beilun or even in Ningbo and further, meeting the needs of students for their international education,” said Director Wang.
As Peter Handstein believes, “Children account for 20% of society today, but they are 100% of the future.” Education and care for children is the foundation of future development both for individuals and the whole society. Co-running AIAN and investing in education is the natural result of Peter’s aspirations and a remarkable step for Hape. While cooperating with Beilun Education Bureau, the Hape Group will strive to build up AIAN as an ideal place for study and growth and open this up to more children.
Hape Holding AG.
Add: Hallwilerweg 2 Lucerne, 6003 Switzerland
Founder & CEO: Peter Handstein
Founding location: Germany
Founding year: 1986
Web: www.hape.com
Access International Academy Ningbo
Add: No. 1, Ai Xue Road, (Liren Garden), Beilun District, Ningbo, Zhejiang, China 315800
Headmaster: Dan Waterman
Founding year: 2003
Web: www.aian.org.cn
