Aside from his dedication to his home country, Sim Ang-bei's other major passion was education, and in the 1920s he established Malaya Common School, Peifeng School and Peide Girls 'School. He was untiring in his efforts to spread education.
沈鴻柏除了關心國事，對教育也充滿熱誠，1920 年代在麻六甲創辦平民學校、培風學校、培德女校，對普及教育不遺餘力。