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Local schools for foreigner

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Re: Local schools for foreigner

Post by Lisafuller » Mon, 18 Jan 2021 12:41 pm

Unfortunately, I think the chances are very slim. And even so, if your child does gain admission into a local school, it will probably be one of the less reputable, less popular options among locals (hence the vacancies). You can pretty much forget about the name brand schools like RGPS, MGS, or NYPS. These schools almost exclusively accept locals.

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Re: Local schools for foreigner

Post by Sensei Michael » Mon, 18 Jan 2021 12:55 pm

Lisafuller wrote:
Mon, 18 Jan 2021 12:41 pm
Unfortunately, I think the chances are very slim. And even so, if your child does gain admission into a local school, it will probably be one of the less reputable, less popular options among locals (hence the vacancies). You can pretty much forget about the name brand schools like RGPS, MGS, or NYPS. These schools almost exclusively accept locals.
It is not true that the schools exclusively accept locals. The problem with gaining admission to them via AEIS is that there is no longer any vacancies (all taken up in the PSLE JAE) by the time the AEIS students want to try. Foreigners who scored well for PSLE do gain admission to these schools via the JAE.
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Re: Local schools for foreigner

Post by PNGMK » Mon, 18 Jan 2021 8:13 pm

Lisafuller wrote:
Mon, 18 Jan 2021 12:41 pm
Unfortunately, I think the chances are very slim. And even so, if your child does gain admission into a local school, it will probably be one of the less reputable, less popular options among locals (hence the vacancies). You can pretty much forget about the name brand schools like RGPS, MGS, or NYPS. These schools almost exclusively accept locals.
No quite - some of them like ACS and Barker and SJI have started programs under IB for full fee paying international students.
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