2021 comes with major changes, including the transition in the school calendar from the national calendar to the Northern Hemisphere calendar.
What does this change mean for families?
Normally, with the calendar we have traditionally had, a family with a child in primary school would pay 11 months of tuition at a rate of 263,500 per month. For this first year of transition, however, the student will complete their school year in 10 months at a rate of 290,000 per month. What does this mean? It means that the student would not actually have any increase in tuition relative to the school year. 4th grade is 2021 equals the same tuition as 3rd grade in 2020.
For the second transition year, the school cycle will be 9 months, starting in November and ending in July. This means that in relation to the current school cycle, families will have a savings of 2 months of tuition. In relation to the calendar year, the unpaid month in 2022 would be in August. Therefore, families will continue paying 11 months in a year as they had before the transition in calendar.
As we see the savings the first year will be in time, in the second year it will be in time and money. In the end, the student will end up graduating 6 months earlier than with the traditional calendar! This also bolsters the opportunity to enter an international university. Conversely, if the student is interested in continuing studies at a national university they will have enough time upon completion of secondary school to continue preparation for life at university.
