The difference between international schools and international training programs

2 types of international schools in Vietnam

Ho Chi Minh City currently has more than 20 international schools, including monolingual and bilingual international schools. To identify a reputable international school, important factors to consider include accredited international education programs, teaching and learning time in English, quality of international teaching staff and output of internationally recognized degrees and certificates.

Monolingual international schools teach 100% in English, with two popular programs being the International Baccalaureate (IB) or the Cambridge International General Program. Meanwhile, bilingual international schools usually offer 2-3 training systems, commonly bilingual and fully integrated international, with academic English time ranging from 40% to more than 80% and the most popular program being Cambridge.

Accordingly, the output of a monolingual school is a degree or certificate of an international general education program; the bilingual system provides "dual degrees", including Vietnamese and international degrees and certificates; and the fully integrated international system provides a type of international degree or certificate or "dual degrees" at some schools, depending on the needs of students. A typical example is the Cambridge fully integrated international program (CAPI) at Vietnam Australia International School (VAS).

VAS's CAPI program has up to 82% of academic English time with the advantage of "dual degree" output including Cambridge international certificates (Checkpoints, IGCSE, A Level) with global value and Vietnamese degrees.

Choose a monolingual or bilingual international school?

When choosing an international school and training program, parents need to consider family goals, financial situation and child development at each stage. Factors to compare between schools are output qualifications, tuition fees and quality of education.

In terms of output, if the family's goal is to send their children to study abroad or settle abroad, a monolingual training program is the top choice, followed by a fully integrated international and bilingual program.

In which, the fully integrated international system at a bilingual school has equivalent output but tuition fees are only 50% - 70% of a monolingual school, which is the optimal cost option.

The fully integrated international program at a bilingual school has equivalent output but tuition fees are only 50% - 70% of that of a monolingual school.

Meanwhile, if you want your child to be flexible in choosing to study both domestically and abroad in the future, a bilingual program with a "dual degree" output is the right option. The bilingual system also allows your child to flexibly change the curriculum according to their needs and development at each stage, compared to a monolingual system.

However, parents should also note that in some schools, the output of the bilingual program is only a MOET degree and an international English certificate instead of a "dual degree".

Regarding tuition fees, considering the same output of international certificates and degrees, monolingual schools have tuition fees 1.5 - 2 times higher than the fully integrated international system of bilingual schools. If compared with the bilingual system (with "dual degree" output), the highest tuition fee of monolingual schools is 2.6 times higher than the highest tuition fee of bilingual schools.

Regarding the quality of education, depending on the goals and family culture, the priority of each family may be different, based on basic criteria such as: educational philosophy, educational methods, educational programs (UK, USA, Australia, etc.), the achievements of the whole school's students compared to the average results of the world and Vietnam, teacher quality, duration of academic English study, facilities, school services, etc.

Student performance is an accurate measure of the quality of education at international schools. Photo: Awarding VAS students for achieving "Highest scores in Vietnam, Cambridge IGCSE, AS, A Level 2023 exams"

Solution to study fully integrated international program (CAPI) with optimal tuition fee at VAS

VAS is offering a 50% discount on tuition fees for semester 4, school year 2023-2024, free entrance exams and many other incentives for students registering for the Cambridge International Integrated Program (CAPI) from March 18, 2024, along with many support programs for transfer students such as: Effective transition roadmap from the current curriculum to the Cambridge program, supplementary Vietnamese subjects for monolingual students...

For detailed advice, parents please contact hotline: 0911 26 77 55 or website vas.edu.vn

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