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St. Andrews International School, Rayong
St. Andrews International School Green Valley (, ) is an international school for children aged 2 to 18 years old in Rayong, Thailand. Green Valley is one of four schools in Thailand under the schools group Cognita, along with St. Andrews International School, Sukhumvit, St. Andrews International School, Dusit, and St. Andrews International School, Sathorn. Curriculum St. Andrews Green Valley's Secondary School follows the English National Curriculum. For Upper Secondary School, the school offers the International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE), and in the final two years of schooling, offers the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP). English Language Green Valley teaches in the English curriculum, and provides an English as an Additional Language (EAL) program for students whose English is not their first language. The program aims to successfully develop students' English proficiency to ensure students are able to perform in the mainstream ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rayong
Rayong ( th, ระยอง, ) is a city (''thesaban nakhon'') on the east coast of the Gulf of Thailand and the capital of Rayong province. It covers tambons Tha Pradu and Pak Nam and parts of ''tambons'' Choeng Noen and Noen Phra, all within Mueang Rayong district. As of 2016 the population was 64,256 (est.). The main industry is fishing, and it is also the main producer of Thailand's fish sauce. It is also the center of the chemical and auto industries. In 2012 Ford Motor Company opened an assembly plant in Rayong to expand Ford's presence in the ASEAN area, employing some 2,200 people. Rayong was named an Asia-Pacific City of the Future by the ''Financial Times'' in 2017. Etymology ''Rayong'' comes from the Chong word for '' Pterocarpus macrocarpus, (''commonly known as Burma Padauk, and in Thai “Pradu”) a tree that is common in the region. History During the late Ayutthaya period The Ayutthaya Kingdom (; th, อยุธยา, , IAST: or , ) was a Siame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thailand
Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is bordered to the north by Myanmar and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the west by the Andaman Sea and the extremity of Myanmar. Thailand also shares maritime borders with Vietnam to the southeast, and Indonesia and India to the southwest. Bangkok is the nation's capital and largest city. Tai peoples migrated from southwestern China to mainland Southeast Asia from the 11th century. Indianised kingdoms such as the Mon, Khmer Empire and Malay states ruled the region, competing with Thai states such as the Kingdoms of Ngoenyang, Sukhothai, Lan Na and Ayutthaya, which also rivalled each other. European contact began in 1511 with a Portuguese diplomatic mission to Ayuttha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cognita
Cognita is a global private schools group which owns and operates schools throughout the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, Vietnam, Brazil, India and Chile. Between them, Cognita schools deliver eight different curricula: National, International Baccalaureate, American (including American Education Reaches Out - Common Core Plus), Advanced Placement, Australian, Spanish, Chilean and Brazilian. Cognita was founded by the late Chris Woodhead, previously Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools in England. It employs over 7,500 teachers and educates over 50,000 children. Jacobs Holding is the majority owner and it is the sole economic beneficiary of the firm’s investments. The Group Chief Executive Officer of Cognita is Frank Maassen. History Cognita was formed in October 2004 by its founder management team and Englefield Capital, a private equity firm, now called Bregal Capital, and its former chairman, Sir Chris Woodhead, the former Chie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Education Development Trust
Education Development Trust (formerly CfBT Education Trust) is a large not-for-profit organisation which provides education services in the United Kingdom (UK) and internationally. The charity is based in Reading, UK. History Tony Abrahams founded the Centre for British Teachers in 1968 with the objective of helping British teachers working abroad. With activity centred in Germany, the organisation's vision was not only to recruit English teachers but also to offer them professional and welfare support within a structure that they would not otherwise have had. It was constituted as a registered charity in 1976. Throughout the 1990s, CfBT developed as a manager of aid-backed reform programmes in developing countries. It subsequently expanded into offering a range of research, consultancy and support services to the education sector and operating as a contractor for a number of UK government education initiatives, such as the Young, Gifted and Talented Programme which it managed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Schools In Thailand
There are 166 international schools in Thailand as of June 2016, according to the Office of the Private Education Commission (OPEC), which regulates the operation of all private schools in the country. This is a comprehensive list, sorted by province, then alphabetically. OPEC-regulated schools Other schools A few other international schools operate outside the purview of the OPEC. These include: *Siam Singapore International School, Bangkok, operated as a department of Valaya Alongkorn Rajabhat University. * Mahidol University International Demonstration School, Nakhon Pathom, operated as a department of Mahidol University. See also * Education in Thailand *International Schools Association of Thailand *List of international schools * List of schools in Thailand References {{Commons category, International schools in Thailand International Schools Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Sou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |