Philanthropy in education is popular across Asia but funds mostly flow into physical infrastructure and scholarships, and not into education software. In particular, in order to effectively improve on the public education space, APC believes that we have to address the capability of the top level of school management as this is a critical factor for the success of any school and for changes to be effective. APC’s pilot programme to train school leaders/principals is working with the India School Leadership Institute (ISLI) and Global School Leaders, the international platform for school leadership development programmes that are delivered locally.
The first pilot, PEMIPMPIN, was launched in Malaysia in 2018, and in 2019, the Indonesia Principals’ Academy, also known as INSPIRASI was established.