Ruamrudee International School Swiss Section (, ), also known as Swiss School Bangkok (german: Schweizerschule Bangkok) or Deutschsprachige Schule Bangkok, is a private not-for-profit

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operating under

Ruamrudee International School Ruamrudee International School (RIS, , ) is an international school in Min Buri District, Bangkok, Thailand. It is an international school for students in pre-school - grade 12 incorporated under the laws of the Kingdom of Thailand as a non-profi ...

Minburi Min Buri ( th, มีนบุรี, ) is one of the 50 districts (''khet'') of Bangkok, Thailand. It is bounded by other Bangkok districts (from north clockwise): Khlong Sam Wa, Nong Chok, Lat Krabang, Saphan Sung, and Khan Na Yao. Min Buri is ...

Bangkok Bangkok, officially known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung Thep, is the capital and most populous city of Thailand. The city occupies in the Chao Phraya River delta in central Thailand and has an estimated populati ...

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 b ...

. It offers grades from pre-kindergarten to grade 12 with a combined Swiss and

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. The school currently has about 310 students. It is recognized by Germany and Switzerland as an official School Abroad, and it is

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by both countries’

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History

It was established in 1963. The school was founded that year by a Swiss

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couple to facilitate the re-entry into the Swiss

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of the children of Swiss

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s after their return to Switzerland. In 1963 it was not possible to officially establish a foreign private school in

. However, the Thai authorities considered the lessons private, and so allowed the

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to operate. In 1972, the school's growth required it to relocate to a larger building at Sukumvit Soi 19/21, funded by grant money from Switzerland. Thai authorities began to pressure the school after 1977 media accounts about illegal foreign schools in Thailand. With the help of the Thai Ministry of Education, a sustainable solution was found in 1982: The Swiss school became part of

(RIS). As part of the merger, the school was required to move onto the campus of RIS, which it did in 1983, adopt a school uniform policy for students, and add the Thai language as a compulsory study subject.HISTORY of the SCHOOL
" ''50th Anniversary'', RIS Swiss Section. Retrieved on 11 July 2018. p. 11 (PDF p. 3/4). The school began allowing students from other German-speaking countries to enroll in the 1980s. In the middle of the decade the school's decision-making committee began having members who were not Swiss, and employees from the embassies of Austria and Germany began holding observer statuses in committee meetings. In 1991, the RIS (and with it the Swiss Section – Deutschsprachige Schule Bangkok) relocated to its current location. In 1993 the high school program opened after receiving approval from authorities in Lucerne. The English-language section opened in 2011.HISTORY of the SCHOOL
" ''50th Anniversary'', RIS Swiss Section. Retrieved on 11 July 2018. p. 11-12 (PDF p. 3-4/4).

Facilities

RIS includes a boarding facility, "The Residence" or "Seelos Hall" for students in grades 7–12, catering to people living outside of the Bangkok area.
German version

Seelos Hall name from here
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References

External links

RIS Swiss Section-Deutschsprachige Schule Bangkok

RIS Swiss Section-Deutschsprachige Schule Bangkok
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