At SCI, we take great pride in the exceptional franchise opportunity we offer. We strive to provide our franchisees with the tools and knowledge to run a great college and provide a perfect learning environment. We also encourage owners to learn the skills that allow them to own and operate SCI efficiently for the benefit of the students.

SCI has always been considered as the top few on the list when students are choosing the place for learning and developing. Being established for many years with the good reputation built, SCI can provide the relevant expertise and you can benefit from being part of this family.

The SCI offers our students a conducive, efficient, fun and helpful learning environment, and offers our franchisees even more. There is a high chance of success for franchisees as SCI can be set up with low investment and minimal space.

Six Franchise Benefits

1. Diverse classes available

With the increasing needs of learning by the society, SPRING has started various classes to cater to the different requirements of students and professionals. This diversity will benefit the franchisee, by meeting the demands of potential students in the vicinity.

2. Professional Information

We provide and guide our franchisee with a series of promotional methods such as advertising, customer service, sales of courses (new and current) and market research etc. Franchisees need not have to start from scratch or require prior experience to get the company on track. We will offer the necessary consultation to our franchisees and allow them to ride on the benefits of our promotion.

3. Standardized Management and Operation

The SCI requires all franchisees to have a standardized operation and management of SCI. We would also like to ensure that all staff would follow a certain proper code of conduct. Pricing should not be different and must be maintained at an affordable rate to stay competitive.

4. Continuance of Advertising Effort

We have advertised on Straits Times,The Newpaper,Lianhe Zaobao,yellow pages, media articles and various websites. This has helped to build a considerable reputation for SCI with the mass audience that the advertising has reached out to, especially in Southeast Asia. With these efforts, business will prosper at a faster rate easily and our franchisee will benefit a great deal too.

5. Long-term training courses

The SCI will provide courses to train our franchisees. Such courses will encourage their development and advancement in various areas to ensure the efficiency of this franchising collaboration and achieve the best results to stay competitive in this market.

6. Enjoy the usage of a common website

The SCI has made effort to gather different resources to uphold the renowned reputation of SCI. We hope that we will create an international branding in the years to come. Our franchisee can enjoy the usage of our websites for their advertising, receive latest updates of the market and obtain news of our recent courses @ www.spring.edu.sg

Chain-franchise in the same region

Other than the usual courses, any new additional classes organized by the head office will be announced and lesson-details will be provided to the franchises.

Criteria of Franchisee

1. Must hold certain experience in the educational field and is willing to commit into a self-owned business
2. Minimum investment: S$100,000
3. Investor must have entrepreneurial spirit, believe in working in teams cooperatively and a contemporary method of managing the team to achieve a common goal

Franchises requirement

Singapore

1. Ideal location with good accessibility. MRT in close vicinity will be preferred.
2. Advertisement must be obvious enough to catch the attention of our customers
3. Space of SCI must be at least 100m2 with 4 classrooms, reception area and office
4. Rental of space must be below S$5000 with a contract of minimum 3 years
   5. Renovation of SCI must conform to that of the franchises from the same region
5. Basic necessities of at least 2 telephone, computer, fax machine, photocopier (20 pages per minute), shelves, OHP?Projector etc

Overseas

The requirements are about the same but for exact details, it will still have to depend on the market situation/position of the country. For more information, do contact SPRING for detailed discussion.

What can the Head office offer
to franchises

1. Licensed to use the logo and name of the college – Spring College International
2. CIS will be provided to guide the franchisee along with SCI’s renovation
3. Method to conduct classes, teaching materials, course texts and other necessary items required for a proper and efficient lesson to be accomplished, can be obtained from the main office or directly from the publisher
4. The contact list of various suppliers will be shared among the franchises
5. SCI will give a standard design template for advertisement to allow franchises to follow
6. Since SCI has been advertising in various websites and media articles such as Straits Times,The Newpaper,Lianhe Zaobao and yellow pages, this will bring about good recognition for our franchisees and improve the brand image. For instance, when customers hope to attend class that is near to their estate, we will recommend them to the suitable franchise
7. Opportunities to engage in activities organized by the head office. This includes seminars conducted by professionals, international exchange programmes, governmental training courses etc.
8. Annual training which includes people management, customer service and business operating systems etc. SCI places emphasis on training to achieve a satisfactory level of competence.
9. Free web hosting and email account for our franchisee. This will greatly reduce the cost of purchasing and using of a website.
10. Promotion and advertising related to SCI and courses of the franchisee can be done through the main website free-of-charge
11. When the head office has potential business plans/development, franchisees can consider the idea and thus, reap a better profit margin

Investor’s responsibilities

1. Ensure operation which is standardized with the headquarter and accept management by the headquarters
2. Uphold the good reputation of SCI and not engage in activities that will ruin its name
3. A one-time franchise’s fee is to be made when the contract is signed.
4. Payment of the management fee is to be made in the first week of every 3 months or in the first week of every year.
5. Contract will last for 5 years. If investors are not keen to renew the contract, early notice must be given to the head office
6. Head office must be informed of the termination of contract 3 months in advance