Havil International School was founded by Charlie Koh in April 2012. It began with a vision to alleviate poverty in East Malaysia through the medium of education. An opportunity arose in the form of a private venture to run a school in a vacant school building in Brickfields. Without a doubt, Mr Koh accepted this opportunity with the aim of channeling support for the development of an English language program in the remote places of Sarawak. He saw the need to provide the tools that would enable youths in underprivileged communities to bring about transformation in their own community by being a voice for the voiceless.
Havil International School became a Cambridge School in 2014 and offers the Cambridge Primary and Secondary curriculum provided by Cambridge Assessment International Examination (CAIE). Havil joins the community of over 10,000 Cambridge schools located in more than 160 countries worldwide under the registered number MY865.