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Smart Reader Worldwide

 

2010 Stevie Award Winner

Company: Smart Reader Worldwide Sdn Bhd
Company Description: Smart Reader Worldwide is Malaysia's leading education franchisor, founded by Dr Richard Ong and Dr K H Wang. With the trusted brand in preschool education, Smart Reader Kids, today, the organisation has been awarded with close to 50 awards, locally and internationally.
Nomination Category: Individual Categories
Nomination Sub Category: Best Asian Entrepreneur

Nomination Title: Dr K H Wang, Group Executive Director

Describe for the judges the activities and accomplishments of the nominated entrepreneur during the eligibility period (up to 500 words):

Dr K H Wang, Group Executive Director of Smart Reader® Worldwide, is an
accomplished writer, trainer, lyricist, motivator, creator, innovator, public
speaker and leading early childhood advocator. Above all, she is a passionate
educationist cum highly successful entrepreneur – in summation, an edu-preneur.

She has been instrumental in taking the company to the pinnacle of success with
the Smart Reader® English Programme. The English programme, a core subject
in the Smart Reader Kids® curriculum, has become a deciding factor for parents
in the selection of their children’s preschool. Smart Reader Kids®, an early years’
child enrichment programme, is a popular choice, among both parents and
children for its innovative and creative learning approaches. It has grown to be
the single largest early childhood education franchise in the country.

Dr Wang has definitely made an impression in the field of early childhood
education and development, having revolutionised preschool education with the
innovative Creative Teaching Methodology®. With the entry of Smart Reader
Kids® into the preschool landscape, she changed the face of early childhood
education in Malaysia forever.

The Smart Reader® English programme was founded and implemented by by Dr K
H Wang, alongside the Smart Reader Creative Teaching Methodology®, in her first
kindergarten, Strawberry Hill Child Development Centre, to cater largely to
expatriate children, whose parents desired a learning concept that was different.
This was nearly 23 years ago and the rest, as they say, is history. The
programme together with the novel teaching approach was well-received by
parents who saw amazing progress in their children in a short span of time.

Smart Reader® Worldwide itself was established in 1998, with Dr Wang as
Executive Director, and it was about that time that the government was actively
promoting franchising as a business concept. The very first prototype Smart
Reader Kids® centre was established in USJ 9, Subang Jaya in 1999.

The success of the programme and the franchise has been so phenomenal that
Smart Reader Kids® has been endorsed by the Malaysia Book of Records as the
Largest Chain of Child Enrichment Centres in Malaysia. To date, there are 300
franchised Smart Reader® centres in East and West Malaysia and another 150 on
foreign shores.

List the URLs (web addresses) of any online news stories, press releases, or other documents that you would like the judges to see that support your entry. IMPORTANT: List each URL on a separate line, begin each URL with http://, and enclose each URL in square brackets. For example, [http://www.yourcompany.com/pressrelease.html]:

http://www.smartreader.com.my/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=49&Itemid=69

http://www.smartreader.com.my/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=270&Itemid=81

Other supporting materials for this nomination were submitted offline.

Provide a brief biography of the nominated entrepreneur (up to 100 words):

Dr K H Wang is
- A reputable trainer, writer and lyricist
- An outstanding Early Childhood Educationist, an award of recognition recently by
the Association of Professional Early Childhood Providers, Malaysia (APECP)
- An impressive woman entrepreneur who has won seven times Women
Entrepreneur Award in Malaysia.
- A profound leader and motivator for new entrepreneurs
- An admirable social worker who works towards the quality of life and our future
generation through quality education – the recent launch of the National One Child,
One Hope Education Scholarship Programme is indeed very noble