UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of June 2017
Commission File Number: 001-38077
Bright Scholar Education Holdings Limited
No.1, Country Garden Road
Beijiao Town, Shunde District, Foshan, Guangdong 528300
The Peoples Republic of China
(Address of principal executive offices)
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Bright Scholar Education Holdings Limited | ||||||
Date: June 12, 2017 | By: | /s/ Dongmei Li | ||||
Name: | Dongmei Li | |||||
Title: | Chief Financial Officer |
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No. |
Description | |
Exhibit 99.1 | Press Release |
Exhibit 99.1
Bright Scholar Marketing Event and Business Updates
Guangdong, June 10, 2017 (PRNewswire) Bright Scholar Education Holdings Limited (NYSE: BEDU) (Bright Scholar or the Company), the largest operator of international and bilingual K-12 schools in China*, today provided an update on the 2017 international program graduates university enrollments at the Companys marketing event.
As of the release date, all of the 216 graduates for the 2017 class were admitted into overseas universities, with 87% admitted into global top 50 institutions and 96% into global top 100 institutions, as ranked by either the QS World University Rankings or U.S. News.
The Company currently operates 51 schools, comprising six international schools, 11 bilingual schools and 34 kindergartens, and has 14 new schools in the pipeline for launch. Among the new schools, there are two schools and two kindergartens not within Country Gardens properties and have been scheduled to launch by September 1, 2017.
The Company has entered into partnership with Columbia University and University of California, Berkley to set up Bright Scholar-Columbia Scholarship and Bright Scholar-UC Berkley Scholarship, respectively, to support talented students who come to Columbia and UC Berkley from the schools operated by the Company in China.
About Bright Scholar
Bright Scholar is the largest operator of international and bilingual K-12 schools in China*. The Company is dedicated to providing quality international education to Chinese students and equipping them with the critical academic foundation and skillsets necessary to succeed in the pursuit of higher education overseas. It also complements its international offerings with Chinese government-mandated curriculum for students who wish to maintain the option of pursuing higher education in China. As of February 28, 2017, Bright Scholar operated 51 schools covering the breadth of K-12 academic needs of its students across seven provinces in China. In the first half of the 2017 school year ended February 28, 2017, Bright Scholar had an average of 29,230 students enrolled at its schools.
* | In terms of student enrollment as of September 1, 2016, according to an industry report commissioned by Bright Scholar and prepared by Frost & Sullivan in 2017. |
Safe Harbor Statement
This announcement contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and as defined in the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements include, without limitation, the Companys business plans and development, and can be identified by terminology such as may, will, expect, anticipate, aim, estimate, intend, plan, believe, potential, continue, is/are likely to or other similar expressions. Such statements are based upon managements current expectations and current market and operating conditions, and relate to events that involve known or unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, all of which are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond the Companys control, which may cause the Companys actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Further information regarding these and other risks, uncertainties or factors is included in the Companys filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statement as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required under law.
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Bright Scholar Education Holdings Limited
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