Outward Bound Sabah (Malaysia) is an independent, non-profit educational organisation set up with a grant from the Sabah Government in 1985. It is affiliated to more than 55 centre worldwide, which has more than 50 years of experience and success in this field.

Our Experiential Education is education that makes conscious application of the participants' experiences by integrating them in the curriculum.  It addresses participants in their entirety, as : thinking, feeling physical, emotional, spiritual and social beings. By using outdoor activities in a natural environment we are also doing "Outdoor Education" which is an experiential method of learning with the use of all faculties.

An Outward Bound experience involves the combination of senses (smell, hearing, sight...), emotions (pleasure, anxiety, fear, empathy...), physical condition (fitness, strength, energy level) and cognition (constructing knowledge, decision making, solving problems...). Students are viewed as valuable resources for their own education, the education of others, and the well-being of the communities of which they are members.

"There is more in you if only you can be taught to realize them" Kurt Hahn

The "Experiential Education" method is "learning by doing", learning through experience, using the "learning cycle" : plan / do / review. Outdoor activities allow us to use "hard skills" (techniques, equipment, safety regulations...) and "soft skills" (review session after each activity).

The hard skills are the methods, processes, and the use of outdoor equipment to gain competencies in the physiological, safety, and technical components of outdoor activities. Soft skills are defined as the analysis of interpersonal and human relations skills which include : social, psychological and communication components.

"The Outward Bound School really takes you away from your normal routine of life and makes you start living."    - Eric Jek, OBS participant