Education For Half Thai 10 Year Old

[seonai]

Hi all,

I'm getting a little desperate regards my half Thai son'e education. He's in a Thai school as I can't afford International. He is just not interested in the subjects and is now skipping classes etc I found out! By all accounts everyone says he is highly intelligent but I don't know what to do. For example, will they let him graduate to High School?

The teachers at the school are weak and just let kids do what they want and his English is better than anyone elses!!!!

Does anyone have info on home schooling via the Net?

Seonai

[Farma]

Hi Seonai,

I did a quick Google and come up with

http://www.home-education.org.uk/menu1.htm

Australia also has a Correspondence system that cost about 30,000B a year a few years ago.

Hope it helps

Farma

[seonai]

THanks Farma will check it out

[Old Man River]

Hi all,

I'm getting a little desperate regards my half Thai son'e education. He's in a Thai school as I can't afford International. He is just not interested in the subjects and is now skipping classes etc I found out! By all accounts everyone says he is highly intelligent but I don't know what to do. For example, will they let him graduate to High School?

The teachers at the school are weak and just let kids do what they want and his English is better than anyone elses!!!!

Does anyone have info on home schooling via the Net?

Seonai

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There are more and more international schools every day (at least in Bangkok). While I have no idea of what some of the newer ones charge, simple supply and demand economics would indicate that some of the newer international schools would have to be cheaper than the more established ones (at least for now).

While you are doing your research on home schooling, you might check out some of these newer ones as well.

[Stephen Cleary]

If your son holds Thai nationality then taking him out of school and have him learn at home is easier said than done. In fact you are not allowed!

Should a Thai run government school fail to fulfill in it's duty to actually have your son come to class then perhaps you ought to contemplate the possibility of sending him to a private Thai school (not inter... or bi-lingual)

The average private Thai school offering primary level education shouldn't set you back more than around 30,000-40,000 a year (may be more in Bangkok). More emphasis on the learning of English is also encouraged.

Thai state schools' quality of education vary greatly between the institutes ie. the main provincial primary school in town is going to be far better than any old govt temple school in the middle of the sticks.

The level of mandatory education is set at no less than grade 9 these days (not always in practice!) so neverminding how delinquent any student is, he will graduate into high school at the appropriate age, 12.

As for now however, by law, you are obliged to keep him at school.

Edited December 15, 2005 by stevesuphan

[jumbo]

I enrolled my Thai partners daughter of 15 in a Catholic School

This means strict education but based on the Thai system because she will have to enroll in future years in the Thai system as well

She is a buddhist and I wouldnot want to chang that but the teachers are better and more motivated.

I think you should at least be happy with the school they have to attend and skipping classes, uh it is just a thing they sometimes do.

maybe you should be a little stricter as well, not to say you are not, just a guess

[skylar]

Seonai, have you considered training up your son for a scholarship? A few international schools in Thailand hold scholarship examinations. The United World Colleges also have scholarship examinations. Maybe even local Thai private schools and catholic schools have scholarships.

[astral]

When we got married the youngest was 6 and already getting behind at the

government school

We moved him to a private Thai school. Cost around 7000baht a term.

The teachers were motivated and he flourished. He even asked to go to

extra classes in the school holidays.

He is now 15 and in the local Private scondary school, a catholic school,

but they do not push the religious side.

This was about 15,000 on entry, but os around 10,000 a term.

My wife thinks it expensive, but it is small beer and well worth the money.

[solo siam]

What about a Montessori school, if they have one in Bangkok.

[steveromagnino]

What about a Montessori school, if they have one in Bangkok.

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religious schools often good, including the 7th Day Adventist school where the fees are not nearly as expensive as NIST etc (most of the those fancy private schools aren't that good anyway). (he said, not ever having enough money to go himself )

You can acheive a lot at home as well; take kids through homework, teach them other subjects; I'd say school is about 50% of the education at most; cannot expect a kid to get by on just that.

Where I grew up young age schools were so bad, that most of what I learned was definitely not at school but from my parents... I guess that explains a lot

Lots of good books and chance to teach about other things too, like share market, soccer foot ball management etc etc