Cognita pioneers quality education in Singapore and beyond

“In the future, robots will be doing many of the jobs that our parents – and even we – are doing today. Children have to be careful not to narrow their choices too much, for example, being ‘a doctor’ because traditional doctors may be computerised sooner than we think,” says Michael Drake, CEO of Cognita Asia. “Children need to be inquisitive, adaptable, curious and resilient and if they are, they will have a better chance of succeeding in life – no matter what the world becomes.”

With a global group of 68 schools across Asia, Europe and Latin America, Cognita knows that borders themselves are evolving, blurring and even disappearing – and Cognita schools are right at the forefront of equipping today’s children for the changes that have yet to come.

“We work hard at aligning expectations with parents because the school life they experienced themselves was very different from what children experience today,” Drake says. “We want to be able to look every parent in the eye and tell them we will do everything to prepare their child to be successful in the world, which means providing a great academic education, building character and instilling in them a global perspective.”