The following are some of the frequently asked questions we get at the school. We are here to help, so if you have a question that is not answered here then please let us know here.
An international school in Thailand means a school that is licensed by the Ministry of Education but which is accredited externally and which uses a curriculum of its own. International schools can follow a curriculum of their own choosing while normal schools must follow the Thailand national curriculum.
UDIS combines the Primary Years Programme (PYP), Middle Years Programme (MYP) and Diploma Programme (DP) from the International Baccalaureate with the National Curriculum of England (NCE). We teach this curriculum through inquiry-based learning. More information about our curriculum can be found here.
Inquiry-based learning is a process where students formulate questions, investigate to find answers, build new understandings, meanings and knowledge, and then communicate their learnings to others.
International education is suitable for students who plan on returning to countries outside of Thailand or who intend to pursue further studies in countries outside of Thailand. An international education prepares students for study outside of Thailand. An international education is also an excellent way to learn English because students are immersed in the language as we teach almost entirely in English. If students begin school at a young age then they are very receptive to new languages and can pick it up very easily.
Accreditation is the process upon which school quality can be maintained because an external authority examines all aspects of a school before certification is granted. Students from accredited schools can easily shift to other institutions because they share the same educational standards.
UDIS is proud to be the only fully accredited school in Udon Thani and the first CIS accredited school in the Northeast of Thailand. Read more about our international school accreditation here.
At UDIS, homeroom teachers come from across the world. We look for home-country qualified teachers who value internationalism and hold inquiry learning as central to their teaching practice. We highly value our qualified staff as they are essential for us in meeting the desired levels of educational quality we want to provide.
Thai language and culture remains an important part of the curriculum as multi-lingual children have more understanding and empathy towards diversity. However, the study of Thai language is limited to the Thai language and culture subject at the school. We do offer extra Thai classes for students, as an extra-curricular subject, for parents that want their children to study more Thai.
Students can learn Chinese after school for Primary levels and above. We feel that it is important for children to have access to a variety of languages.
School fees reflect the high costs of the quality of our teaching staff and the latest learning resources, materials and state of the art facilities that we provide. Unfortunately, the level of quality we seek to offer comes at a high cost although we believe there are tremendous advantages in providing children with a high quality education. We are also very competitively priced with comparable international schools in Thailand and work hard to keep our fees as low as we can.
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