Khun Tae Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 Does International School required to offer refund for current situation (study at home). Its has been awhile since the school has been asked to closed due to Covid-19 until further further notice. School at S31 aren't responding and we parents have to accept full school fees payment ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobbyL Posted May 2, 2020 Share Posted May 2, 2020 The international school in Bangkok where I work has offered a small discount on fees in term 3. I doubt there is a law saying they have to offer a discount / refund as technically the school is still operating (albeit learning online). What is S31? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrunchWrapSupreme Posted May 2, 2020 Share Posted May 2, 2020 I think they mean Soi 31 on that one big famous road that runs through BKK. I looked on Google Maps and oh man, looks pricey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neeranam Posted May 2, 2020 Share Posted May 2, 2020 They should offer discounts as many international school are asking teachers to take a salary cut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobbyL Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 22 hours ago, Neeranam said: They should offer discounts as many international school are asking teachers to take a salary cut. Where have you heard this? I know a good number of teachers at other international schools (at about 5 or 6 of the better international schools in Bangkok) and haven't heard of any news about reducing teachers salary. That news would spread pretty quickly amongst staff at other schools. We are still open and working therefore there is no way they can reduce salary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser Soze666 Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 Highly unlikely you will get a refund. Many private schools (on the Thai calendar) are going back on July 1 but with no holiday in October this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XGM Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 They are not "required" but some do. We got a 15% refund on this period. Not much but better than nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khun Tae Posted June 26, 2020 Author Share Posted June 26, 2020 On 5/20/2020 at 11:30 AM, XGM said: They are not "required" but some do. We got a 15% refund on this period. Not much but better than nothing. Do you appreciate ? Better than nothing ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlfHuy Posted June 26, 2020 Share Posted June 26, 2020 we got 50k reduction for the 1st term of 2020/2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khun Tae Posted June 26, 2020 Author Share Posted June 26, 2020 3 minutes ago, AlfHuy said: we got 50k reduction for the 1st term of 2020/2021 Thats some kind of ''nam jai'' , Singapore school does not refund. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobbyL Posted June 26, 2020 Share Posted June 26, 2020 5 hours ago, Khun Tae said: Thats some kind of ''nam jai'' , Singapore school does not refund. As far as I have heard pretty much all of the main international schools are offering some reduction / discount to existing parents for the new academic year. I cannot imagine any international schools refunding the fees as technically the school didn't actually close. They just taught online due to the pandemic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saakura Posted June 26, 2020 Share Posted June 26, 2020 I paid about 600k school fees (full year with meals, no school bus) for my child in Key Stage 2. The school promises 181 school days minimum, so this works out to about 3300 Baht per school day. Due to covid lockdown, 57 days were done on zoom (extremely low quality, i would say it was just 5% of real classroom). We were refunded a paltry 15000 Baht, working out to 260 Baht a day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khun Tae Posted June 29, 2020 Author Share Posted June 29, 2020 On 6/26/2020 at 5:47 PM, saakura said: I paid about 600k school fees (full year with meals, no school bus) for my child in Key Stage 2. The school promises 181 school days minimum, so this works out to about 3300 Baht per school day. Due to covid lockdown, 57 days were done on zoom (extremely low quality, i would say it was just 5% of real classroom). We were refunded a paltry 15000 Baht, working out to 260 Baht a day. Interesting breakdown. Not a good relief package, Thats not fair to parents. Wonder where our anger can be heard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now