Principal, Peninsula Private School
TanSeaw Chin
A physics teacher who became a builder of schools. For more than two decades Ms Tan has taught, led and founded, and today she leads a school where the national curriculum meets Eastern and Western values.
“Education is not just a means to an end dictated by exam results.”
Discipline and a moral code, at the centre of the school
Ms Tan wants Peninsula Private School to be the best of Eastern and Western education values brought together. Discipline and a strict moral code sit at the centre of the school's philosophy.
She describes herself as a leader guided by integrity. Her aim is to help each student reach their potential through values and life skills, so that good students grow into people who lead in their communities.
- Integrity
- Respect
- Honesty
- Discipline
A school set up from the ground up in three months
Ms Tan joined Peninsula Private School in November 2022. She recruited and mentored the teaching team, shaped the programme and opened the doors to a first group of 23 students. In under three years, 108 were enrolled.
- 4.9
- Google review rating from parents
- First
- Marshall Cavendish Education Partnership School in Malaysia, under an agreement she established
- 369%
- Growth in enrolment since the first intake
108
students enrolled, one dot for each
The national curriculum, with more built on top
Ms Tan curated Peninsula's programme herself. Students follow the national KSSR and KSSM syllabus, and each layer above it adds something parents asked for.
Added for a wider education
- Digital literacy
- Financial literacy
- Chinese
- Korean
Strengthened core subjects
- Cambridge English
- Singapore Mathematics
- Singapore Science
The foundation
Malaysian national curriculum, KSSR and KSSM, leading to SPM
Meet Ms Tan
Parents are welcome to meet the principal and see the school. Message the school on WhatsApp to arrange a time, or connect with Ms Tan on LinkedIn.
Peninsula Private School
2, Jalan Setia Murni U13/51Seksyen U13, Setia Alam
40170 Shah Alam, Selangor
Elsewhere
Tan Seaw Chin, Principal of Peninsula Private School
Setia Alam, Selangor, Malaysia