Thread: International School fees under Covid-19

My nine year-old daughter goes to an international school in Korat.

She is currently being home schooled via video classes by her teachers who appear to be in their apartments. I have no problem with that... it's obviously not as good as going to school but the teachers are doing their best under a situation not of their making. This has been going on now for some weeks and the main problem is maintaining any kind of routine outside of the lessons... we've all had enough to be honest. I expect home schooling to continue to the end of this term (late June) and who knows what next year will bring.

Anyway, the school fees for next year are due and the school have offered a 2,700 Baht per term reduction next year (starting late August) as some incentive to stay aboard during this time. Needless to say this is a paltry amount when considering the cost per term. Just the school's savings on catering alone must be far in excess of this. Not to mention catering staff, security staff, nanny's etc, almost all of whom I'm sure will have been laid off. The savings on electricity must be huge.

I was wondering if any other members here have children at international schools, and if so, what kind of reductions the schools are offering for future school fees. I want to put a case together for a reduction in my daughter's fees.

I've hard that Sarasas is offering a 30% reduction, not that Sarasas is an international school (and I'd never send my daughter back there anyway), but it gives an idea of how other schools may be thinking.