Many expatriates like myself and Thais are experiencing this exorbitant school fees being paid to Int. Schools in Thailand.
So is it worth it ? Some parents have brought up this issue about the entire cost of school fees being paid up can be as high as 10million baht for each child. So do we see our kids able to make that much money back from reality when they are back.
to the real working world ? My child is studying in one of those so called Singapore curriculum school in mid Sukhumvit. It’s a kind of disappointment to see what you receive for that kind of fees. I would not want to elaborate in details.
Are elsewhere the same ?
Which international school is worth the school fees?
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Worse are those “bilingual schools” where English is thought by underpaid (i.e. THB 15’000/month) Philippinos and the rest is taught by Thai teachers according to a Thai curriculum.
The kids don’t learn English and if so, speak it with the same terrible accent while most teachers are more focused on pleasing the parents on what/how good the child was/behaved today at school.
A prime example was Hastin Kindergarten in Pattaya; it took me less than six months and a couple of times me picking up the kid to realize that this is the wrong way to go.
I’d recommend to have a closer look at Phoenix Wittaya School in South Pattaya. It is decently good.
Yes, but the issue is that the schools that are worth it are usually those with the highest fees. International School Bangkok, NIST International School and Bangkok Patana School are all very expensive, but they’re also not-for-profits, meaning all of the revenue they receive is reinvested. Most (though not all) of the other international schools in Thailand are for-profit, and a big chunk of the fees goes back to the owners as profit.