Decent third tier school
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Decent third tier school
If you had a Khmer child or children and couldn't afford the $5000 plus for East West/CIA, let alone the $10000 - $20000 for Northbridge/ISPP, where would be your best options in Phnom Penh? Or are the others all much of a muchness...?
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I'd spend a tenner a month for internet and open a YouTube account for them.
You can learn all sorts of stuff on YouTube.
You can learn all sorts of stuff on YouTube.
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You might even learn you don't need to spend a tenner a month to use You Tube. Twat.
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I'd be interested in hearing some responses. I know I would personally send my kids (if/when I get some) to Lycée Descartes, but you have to speak French yourself for the kids to get in plus I believe it would be just barely out of your budget, which rules it out. How much is CIA? Footprints? I've heard good things about both. I'd be interested in learning about options as well.
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Here's the price list for Lycée Descartes: https://descartes-cambodge.com/accueil/ ... scolarite/LexusSchmexus wrote:I'd be interested in hearing some responses. I know I would personally send my kids (if/when I get some) to Lycée Descartes, but you have to speak French yourself for the kids to get in plus I believe it would be just barely out of your budget, which rules it out. How much is CIA? Footprints? I've heard good things about both. I'd be interested in learning about options as well.
It varies by grade level, of course, and there are two pricing structures: one for French and Cambodian nationals, and one for others. For the lower grades it's $4629 for French/Cambodians, up to $6165 for the highest grades ($6209 to $8252 for non French/Cambodians). Of course there are a few other fees, and discounts for multiple children.
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Why the lycee? I agree it is a good school but feel it may be mostly appropriate for children that would like to filter back into a school in France, maybe I'm wrongLexusSchmexus wrote:I'd be interested in hearing some responses. I know I would personally send my kids (if/when I get some) to Lycée Descartes, but you have to speak French yourself for the kids to get in plus I believe it would be just barely out of your budget, which rules it out. How much is CIA? Footprints? I've heard good things about both. I'd be interested in learning about options as well.
Blott de tama fåglarna har en längtan, de vilda flyger.
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I was curious about their English program - anyone know how much they teach in English? Is it just one English class a day and then rest in French?lordofmisrule wrote:Why the lycee? I agree it is a good school but feel it may be mostly appropriate for children that would like to filter back into a school in France, maybe I'm wrongLexusSchmexus wrote:I'd be interested in hearing some responses. I know I would personally send my kids (if/when I get some) to Lycée Descartes, but you have to speak French yourself for the kids to get in plus I believe it would be just barely out of your budget, which rules it out. How much is CIA? Footprints? I've heard good things about both. I'd be interested in learning about options as well.
I think the Canadian School has a good mixed language program, between English and French. Their fees are about double though.
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Ouch.ullobonggottanewmoto wrote:You might even learn you don't need to spend a tenner a month to use You Tube. Twat.
Yeah, a fiver would probably do.
And YouTube is just one word.
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I think they dropped the English program. They still teach English and all that, but don't have the option of one or the other as far as I know. I would pick it because it's internationally recognised, but also there happens to be a Lycée in my home city (they are all over the world), so the transition back to a western country/education system would be easy. No gap years to "catch up" and so on. An easy transition, in my case anyways.lordofmisrule wrote:Why the lycee? I agree it is a good school but feel it may be mostly appropriate for children that would like to filter back into a school in France, maybe I'm wrongLexusSchmexus wrote:I'd be interested in hearing some responses. I know I would personally send my kids (if/when I get some) to Lycée Descartes, but you have to speak French yourself for the kids to get in plus I believe it would be just barely out of your budget, which rules it out. How much is CIA? Footprints? I've heard good things about both. I'd be interested in learning about options as well.
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I was speaking about Khmer kids, as opposed to goan kat (if that's the correct spelling).
The Canadian school is pricey and CIA is 5k+ for secondary students.
Interesting that with so many TEFL teachers in Phnom Penh, none seem prepared to recommend their workplace. Or maybe that says it all...
The Canadian school is pricey and CIA is 5k+ for secondary students.
Interesting that with so many TEFL teachers in Phnom Penh, none seem prepared to recommend their workplace. Or maybe that says it all...
The fees are outrageous thanks to the NGOs and embassies that will pay anything as part of relocation packages.
How old is the child, and are you asking for full time or part time?
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How old is the child, and are you asking for full time or part time?
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She's 12 and has been studying English at a school where there are no foreign teachers, so she is not starting from scratch. I would like to improve the quality of her education, but am wondering whether a school with foreign teachers (and that charges accordingly) will actually be any better.
If you have a 12 yo kid with zero French I think (correct me if I'm wrong Miguelito ?) she'd have a very hard time catching up as they start from primary school/kindergarten almost entirely in French. I met a few khmer kids who were attending Descartes, their French was quite fluent. I can also vouch that their English classes are at a par with good non-English speaking int'l schools. If my kids were in Cambodia I'd put them in that school.
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Send your kids to state school in the morning and a private school in the afternoon.
Yeah, free market outcomes are disgusting. That's why I vote libertarian so that we can get some gov't regulation up in here.Alexandra wrote:The fees are outrageous thanks to the NGOs and embassies that will pay anything as part of relocation packages.
How old is the child, and are you asking for full time or part time?
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