Covid-closures: Frustration grows among parents as school officials avoid tough questions over fees
International schools in Thailand have returned to online teaching, but most of them continue to charge full fees for a service some parents regard as inferior. Meanwhile, head of schools and other senior school officials of some of Thailand’s largest international schools have been avoiding answering questions from TIS Monitor. As Thailand keeps battling […]
Thailand’s largest schools lagging behind in student-teacher ratios
Despite high fees and well recognized brand names, some of Thailand’s largest international schools are worse than average in terms of their student to teacher ratio. Thailand’s largest international schools pride themselves on the quality of education given at their prestigious establishments. But some of them fall below average when we look at the important […]
When size matters: Looking at Thailand’s largest intl’ schools
According to official figures obtained by TIS Monitor, Bangkok Patana has the most students of any international school in Thailand, with second place going to St Andrews NAE Sukhumvit 71. Some families deliberately choose to enroll their children in large schools with high numbers of students. A larger school usually means a wider selection of […]
Enroll one child in Bangkok’s most expensive intl’ school – or six in the cheapest? It’s all in the figures
ISB, King’s College and Harrow are among the most expensive international schools in Bangkok, charging the highest fees for a primary level education (years 1 to 6). But the newly opened Verso International School has the highest fees of them all. At Verso it costs more than six million baht to give a child a […]