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 recognize a reputable international school, important factors to consider include accredited international education programs, time spent teaching and learning in English, quality of international teachers and output. are international degrees and certificates with global value.
Monolingual international school teaches 100% by tEnglish, with two popular programs: the International Baccalaureate (IB) or the Cambridge international high school program. Meanwhile, bilingual international schools often offer 2-3 training systems, commonly the bilingual system and the fully international integration system, with academic English from 40% to more than 80% and a full international integration program. The most popular course is Cambridge.
Accordingly, the output of a monolingual school is a degree or certificate of an international high school program; The bilingual system provides "dual degrees", including Vietnamese and international degrees and certificates; The fully integrated international system provides a type of international degree, certificate or "dual degree" at some schools, depending on the student's needs. A typical example is the Cambridge Full International Integration 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" output including Cambridge international certificates (Checkpoints, IGCSE, A Level) with global prices 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.
Regarding output, If the family's goal is for their children to study abroad or settle abroad, the monolingual training program is the top choice, followed by the fully international integration and bilingual program.
In particular, a fully international integration system at a bilingual school with equivalent output but tuition only 50% - 70% of a monolingual school is the optimal cost option.
Full international integration system at bilingual schools has equivalent output but tuition is only 50% - 70% of monolingual schools
Meanwhile, if you want your child to have the flexibility to choose to study both domestically and abroad in the future, a bilingual program with "dual equal" output is the appropriate option. The bilingual system also allows children to more flexibly change their learning program depending on their needs and development at each stage than the monolingual system.
However, parents also need to 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 as international certificates and degrees, monolingual schools have tuition fees 1,5 - 2 times higher than the fully international integration system of bilingual schools. If compared with the bilingual system (with "equal" output), the highest tuition fee for a monolingual school is 2,6 times higher than the highest fee for a bilingual school.
Regarding the quality of education, Depending on the goals and family culture, each family's priorities may be different, based on basic criteria such as: educational philosophy, educational methods, educational programs (UK, USA , Australia...), student achievement compared to world and Vietnamese average results, teacher quality, academic English learning time, facilities, school services...
Student achievement is an accurate measure of the quality of education at international schools. Picture: Awarding prizes to VAS students who achieved the achievement "Highest score in Vietnam, Cambridge IGCSE, AS, A Level 2023 exam
Solution for learning a fully integrated international program (CAPI) with optimal tuition fees at VAS
VAS is offering a 50% discount on tuition fees for semester 4, school year 2023-2024, free entrance test and many other incentives for students registering for the Cambridge Full International Integration Program (CAPI) from April 18.3.2024, XNUMX. March XNUMX, XNUMX, along with many support programs for transfer students such as: An effective transition path from the current curriculum to the Cambridge program, supporting Vietnamese subjects for monolingual students...
For detailed advice, parents please contact hotline: 0911 26 77 55 or website vas.edu.vn
