VSA or Kcis

Jessqqq

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kafool

Definitely VSA. The quality of the teachers and curriculum at VSA is better

wenwan

VSA

lambcow

Definitely KCIS

Littleho

Strictly speaking , one cannot compare apple with orange . KCIS is an international school with number of locals capped to a certain ratio and it is a non-profit organization . On the other hand , VSA is a local school with a PIS license . VSA can accept as many locals as they want and it is a profit organization

poonseelai

Littleho 發表於 13-5-5 13:13
Strictly speaking , one cannot compare apple with orange . KCIS is an international school with numb ...

Hi Littleho

Where do you get the information that VSA is a profit organisation?

Littleho

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Littleho

Sorry , I made mistake . In the education department website , it only shows VSA is a private school

shadeslayer

Littleho 發表於 13-5-5 13:13
Strictly speaking , one cannot compare apple with orange . KCIS is an international school with numb ...

I don't know the number of locals is capped at a certain percentage for IS, eg YCIS and Kingston are official IS in teh strictest sense and yet their Chinese/locals student ratio is very high (>70%).

The rule that governs PIS including VSA/CKY/RC/DC etc is >70% HK residents.  Not sure how to define HK residents.

slamai

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VSA is under the private independent school scheme of EDB while KCIS is a conventional private school according to EDB.

shadeslayer

原帖由 slamai 於 13-05-06 發表
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VSA is under the private independent school scheme of EDB while KCIS is a conv ...

KCIS appears in every government documents (that i have seen) which talk about international  schools and international education in HK.  So KCIS is not just a private school. It is an IS.

Littleho

I thought Yew Chung is licensed under PIS

slamai

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My understanding of international schools is a concept rather than a definition as there are different criteria in categorising schools.  I was in fact referring to EDB's webpages below previously:
http://applications.edb.gov.hk/schoolsearch/schoolinfo.aspx?langno=1&scrn=132730000223 (KCIS)
http://applications.edb.gov.hk/schoolsearch/schoolinfo.aspx?langno=1&scrn=560138000223 (VSA)

shadeslayer

原帖由 slamai 於 13-05-07 發表
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My understanding of international schools is a concept rather than a defini ...

That is the local primary of KC, not the IS. There are two schools.

nintendo

原帖由 Littleho 於 13-05-06 發表
I thought Yew Chung is licensed under PIS

YCIS is definitely an IS.
I think the main reason a school chose to be PIS because of funding reasons. PIS get funds from the government and has to promise to take >70% local residents.
On the other hand, IS are self funding (except ESF), so no such binding condition.
I suggest parents choose schools according to curriculum rather than legal definition.
For instance, DBS is also offering IBDP which is an international curriculum. CKY is also a lot more "international" than YCIS in terms of culture.

poonseelai

nintendo 發表於 13-5-7 08:44
YCIS is definitely an IS.
I think the main reason a school chose to be PIS because of funding reason ...

VSA is a PIS, but apart from the funds to build the campus, it does not get any recurring funding from the government.

nintendo

原帖由 poonseelai 於 13-05-07 發表
VSA is a PIS, but apart from the funds to build the campus, it does not get any recurring funding fr ...

Funding for campus what I wanted to say.
And because of the funding, schools have restrictions in taking students.

poonseelai

nintendo 發表於 13-5-7 09:14
Funding for campus what I wanted to say.
And because of the funding, schools have restrictions in t ...

What about IS getting school campus from the government?  Does this count as funding?

nintendo

What is your view then?
The policy and rules of PIS is clear. May be if you are keen you challenge the government?
I think getting the land and funds to build a campus is different from loaning a vacant building ( if that is what u meant)?