Macau Portuguese School

The Macau Portuguese School (Portuguese: Escola Portuguesa de Macau, EPM, Chinese: 澳門葡文學校) is a private, non-profit Portuguese international school located in Macau, China. It serves grades 1–12,[1] and is located in Sé (Cathedral Parish).[2] The school received funding from the Portuguese government.[3]

Macau Portuguese School
Escola Portuguesa de Macau
澳門葡文學校
Location
Sé, Macau, China
Coordinates22.191359°N 113.542391°E / 22.191359; 113.542391
Information
TypePrivate
Established1998
Number of students1000
Websitehttp://www.epmacau.edu.mo/
Macau Portuguese School
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese澳門葡文學校
Simplified Chinese澳门葡文学校
Portuguese name
PortugueseEscola Portuguesa de Macau

History

The school opened on August 21, 1998, taking students from Escola Primária Oficial, Escola Comercial Pedro Nolasco, and Liceu de Macau.[1] The former Liceu was a public institution, and the new EPM, a private school,[4] was its continuation. It occupies the former Escola Comercial;[5] circa 1998 this campus, smaller and less expensive to maintain than the former Liceu de Macau,[6] only had enough space to house fewer than half of the students who wished to attend.[3] Initially the school had over 1,100 students.[7] Its administrators were scheduled to be from the local Macanese community,[5] replacing the previous Portuguese leadership at the former Liceu.[3]

Since its establishment the number of students had declined. Around 2012 this reversed and the student body count began to increase. As of 2018 the school has 577 students from 24 countries; around that period the number of students without a Portuguese background had increased.[7]

Curriculum

The medium of instruction of most classes is Portuguese.[1]

In 2018 Valeria Koob, the president of the school's parent association, advocated for having outside-of-class expeditions for Mandarin Chinese classes.[8]

See also

References
  1. "brochura_epm_EN.pdf" (Archive). Portuguese School of Macau. Retrieved on October 10, 2015. - Portuguese HTML, Portuguese PDF (Archive), Traditional Chinese PDF (Archive)
  2. "Localização." Macau Portuguese School. Retrieved on April 8, 2017. "Avenida do Infante D. Henrique, MACAU" - Chinese address: "澳門殷皇子大馬路"
  3. Clayton, Cathryn H. Sovereignty at the Edge: Macau & the Question of Chineseness (Volume 324 of Harvard East Asian monographs, ISSN 0073-0483). Harvard University Press, 2009. p. 169. ISBN 0674035453, 9780674035454.
  4. Clayton, Cathryn H. Sovereignty at the Edge: Macau & the Question of Chineseness (Volume 324 of Harvard East Asian monographs, ISSN 0073-0483). Harvard University Press, 2009. p. 168-169. ISBN 0674035453, 9780674035454.
  5. Clayton, Cathryn H. Sovereignty at the Edge: Macau & the Question of Chineseness (Volume 324 of Harvard East Asian monographs, ISSN 0073-0483). Harvard University Press, 2009. p. 171. ISBN 0674035453, 9780674035454.
  6. Clayton, Cathryn H. Sovereignty at the Edge: Macau & the Question of Chineseness (Volume 324 of Harvard East Asian monographs, ISSN 0073-0483). Harvard University Press, 2009. p. 168. ISBN 0674035453, 9780674035454.
  7. "Q&A | Manuel Machado: Portuguese School of Macau President | 'The school is growing and has established itself in the MSAR'". Macau Daily Times. 2018-04-20. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
  8. "Portuguese School | 20 years: Parents association proposes improvements to Mandarin teaching". Macau Daily Times. 2018-04-20. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
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