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My child used to study in Yew Chung. I have posted a lot other messages some time ago. Those who are interested, you need to search for them a bit. I still know kids who are still with Yew Chung and know what is going on.
Yew Chung are now also running a community college, surprisingly without much advertisement and publicity. Check out www.yccc.hk Heard that the fees are extremely low (when compared to the $200k debenture and $10K+ monthly fees of the secondary section). And they are using the same campus as those who paid that much more.
Just imagine why they are targeting do different customer base? What do they have in their heads?
Strong in both English & Chinese
There are only very few kids that are that strong in both English & Chinese. The majority of the kids are in fact bad at both English and Chinese. Why? Because their evaluations (eg. year end reports) are not accurate. What I saw was that, they rate most kids with very good reports. So the results? Kids get very nice report cards. Kids are happy, parents are happy. However, once a kid is compared to kids from other international schools (other good international schools, not the ones in par with Yew Chung), they are not really THAT good.
Yew Chung aims at using 30% of school time for Chinese, and achieving local school Chinese standard. This is only successful for around half of the kids.
I have reservation with this "success rate". I do not think the Chinese program is even "half" successful. A lot of home-grown Yew Chung kids would leave school before Year 7. Some left as early as Year 3-4. So the school are accepting a lot of kids from local schools to fill the vacancies (kids from other international schools would normally not switch to Yew Chung). Most kids that are very good at Chinese transfered from local schools. I would not say that the so called "good Chinese" is the "hard work" of Yew Chung.
Their self-edited Chinese text books are excellent in learning Chinese characters effectively. Some of my friends with kids in local schools borrow my text books to help teach their kids Chinese characters.
I do not agree. Their text books are not good. They are hard and not interesting. Most kids know the words because kids (and parents) study hard, yet the kids would very quickly forget the words soon because they do not have the chance to use the words.
I don't have the exact turnover rate of teachers, but it is obviously quite high. Some say it is normal because English teachers come from outside HK. Some return to their own countries and a few change to other IS in HK.
Yew Chung's teachers are poorly paid. It is normal for western teachers to move around but most teachers left Yew Chung because they were treated badly (their pay is very low and they are not respected by the management). Those teachers that are able to get a better job elsewhere (either within Hong Kong or in another country) would leave the school. Those that are still there are (1) old teachers that are waiting for retirement (2) younger teachers that are not as competent or competitive.
Campus is really small. Playgound is too small (but they can still run and jump and play soccer). But computers are adequate and up-to-date models for kids to use (for projects and lessons). Lots of reading books!
Primary campus is pathetically small. I would not say it is adequate for any proper sports games at all.
It is difficult to judge value-for-money. Is dining in a hotel value-for-money when compare with fast food store?
When I dine at a hotel and pay for a meal of $2000 per head, I am expecting to get quality food and services. At Yew Chung, you are paying 5 star hotel price but you are only getting a McDonald plain burger (not even a Big Mac). Not that I cannot afford the school fees, but I am a smart consumer. I do not think it is worth.
When I chose YC, I chose their IS approach, individual approach (small groups), bilingual education.
Most international schools can give you this. May be not the so-called bilingual education. But I do not think Yew Chung kids are exactly bilingual.
There is no comparable school in Kowloon. If I go back 6 years, I would still choose YC for my kid.
Hmmm. May be other parents can shed some light on whether there are schools as good in Kowloon?
In any case, I thought you are quite lucky to be able to get an offer from HKIS. I thought it is a good chance to leave Yew Chung. What I know is that a lot of Yew Chung parents want to gettheir kids out of the school and have failed in a lot of applications to other international schools or even DSS. In any case, good luck to you, whatever your choice is. |
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