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Are there good schools in the Philippines for a young child as I’m considering retiring there but their education is a top priority for me?
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I would not be sending my children to anything but an International School in this country. The standard of education is not good because the funding is a joke. Teachers here are paid a pittance and many of them take on a second job to supplement their income. That means that they might be late for class, or not turn up at all in preference to doing their second job. Teachers here are as dedicated as you will find in any country because teaching is a calling rather than a job. While I suggest an international school, I am not familiar with any, and nobody has mentioned one to me. Not many people come to the Philippines to retire and bring a young family. Most retirees here have a Filipina wife and then have kids and send those children to a local school, usually private. I have a 5 year old son and I send him to a private school. It’s simply a matter of you get what you pay for. His pre-school was private and it was actually terrible, to the point I have him enrolled in summer classes to catch up. I assisted some university students with their work at times and the standard was significantly lower than what we have in my country. I put it at Year 8 – 9 for the work I observed. Maybe that was not a good example. If I had a young family here, and having experienced certain levels of education in western countries, I would be looking at alternatives to schooling here, unless your kids were going to stay here through adulthood. Maybe then it doesn’t matter.
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A2A Before I answer, please use the right word “their” Their education is the possessive. The word there is a location like “Look over there to see the beautiful sunset.” This is a very common mistake made even by native English speakers Until the last two years I had friends in the Philippines and their parents sent them to a private school. If you can not afford that, you can also be a teacher for them. Bring them on field trips. Discuss subjects with them. Don't just talk and give information. Ask them things like “Did you like the ending to that story? If you were writing this story, how would you change the ending. Look at maps together and teach them the continents, etc. Get books at book sales that interest you and them about history, math and children’s books. The internet has become a wealth of information teaching many subjects including a foreign language.