We are moving into Singapore from Mumbai next month and have a 3 year old daugter. Both of us work in Mumbai and we would like to continue the same in Singapore. Like every parent we are keen the our daughter manages the transition well and hence we were seriously considering putting her into an 'Indian' International School. We would like to stay close to where our daughter's school is and hence it becomes important that we close this first.
Talking to different parents whose children study there I got a mixed response. while some of them (parents whose children are in higher classes) were ok some others, were quite vocal about the way the school takes cares of children in Kindergarten classes. I was told that they propably are not as caring as they need to be when it comes to students in Kindergarten classes. (one incident that was told me to me was that after the bus drops the child to the school, the child who could be as young as 3 years is left to fend for himself/herself and go class without anybody escorting them after they alight from the bus....the gentleman followed the school bus all the way to the school to see for himself). The teacher student ratio is higer than other places.
With these feedbacks, its becoming difficult for us to make a decision and we are looking if standalone montessori schools/ pre-schools are a better option.
This posting is not in anyway to put down any school but to clear any doubts in my mind that have come up from the feedbacks I have received. Is there any parent here who can share their opinion on GIIS, especially someone who has their single child in Kindergarten classes in GIIS?
