Choose an International School

An international school is a school that uses an international curriculum. Schools with an international curriculum such as Binus International School, Swiss German University, Global Jaya, Global Mandiri, and many more. These international schools must have government accreditation to see the quality and whether the applied curriculum is in accordance with the rules.

Here are some of the advantages of international schools that you need to know:

Concerning the Process and Activity of Children

When you send your child to an international school, the child will be assessed from the learning process, not from the results. In addition, the school also accommodates the needs of different individuals. This is very good because in education the most important is the process not the end result. Another advantage, international schools have teaching methods that are not rigid. Non-memorizing learning encourages children to be proactive, has good leadership, creativity, and communication skills so that it becomes a selling point that attracts many parents.

Children’s Needs Fulfilled

Most international schools are able to accommodate the needs of each child. Children can choose for themselves what activities to do. This is done so that children can learn according to their interests and abilities. In international schools, children are more likely to express themselves. This is because international schools tend to give more freedom to children. In addition, according to psychologist Jacinta F. Rini, Msi, quoted from Kompas.com international schools prepare their students to have “international” personalities and insights equivalent to children in other parts of the world.

Using International Curriculum

International schools use the international curriculum in their education process. The curriculum is used such as the International Baccalaureate (IB), Cambridge, IPC, Montessori, and many more. Based on the international curriculum, all teaching materials will be delivered in English. Many parents expect their children to be better at using English after attending international schools. The international curriculum must have accreditation (minimum A) from one of the countries that are members of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) or a developed country, meaning that it is the same standard as that country or internationally recognized. For example, Jakarta International School.

Good facilities

In general international schools have excellent facilities. For issues of facility quality, international schools cannot be doubted.

Here are some shortcomings of international schools that you need to know:

Relative Costs are more expensive

To include children in your international school requires a significant amount of money. You also need to prepare a long-term plan that is mature because the costs required are relatively expensive. You have to calculate this fee until the child finishes school.

Not contextual

The teaching material of these foreign schools is their orientation abroad, so that they sometimes lose local taste or not according to the local context. For example, in the Cambridge International curriculum, for Geography lessons it is not Geography in Indonesia that is studied, but in England. As a result, students become unfamiliar with their own country. And, not even a few are not fluent in Indonesian because they use foreign languages ​​everyday at school.

Not Compatible with Local Education

Children are indeed required to be more creative and process-oriented than results when using an international curriculum. But, there are other impacts from the international curriculum that you need to know. Among other things, it is not compatible with local education, making it difficult for you to move children to national schools if they were originally from international schools.

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