As students are appearing the final exams for their classes, it is the time of the year when the search for new schools take place! There are hundreds of school in Kathmandu, but very few that do international curriculum. If you are in search of international education for your children and have a huge pot of money to spare, check out these 5 schools in Kathmandu.
1) The British School Kathmandu
TBS is a fee-paying, not-for-profit, independent, international school delivering the English National Curriculum with sixty full time UK recruited staff (including the Principal). The school accommodates students from Foundation 1 to A Levels. The International Primary Curriculum is followed alongside National Curriculum Mathematics and English from Foundation 1 to Year 6. Cambridge International Examinations and Edexcel syllabi are followed for IGCSE and A Level examinations (CIE is a part of the UCLES Examinations Board).
Website | http://www.tbskathmandu.org
Contact | 01-5521794
Location | Jhamsikhel
2) Rato Bangala School
The school is accredited by the Nepal Government’s Ministry of Education and by the University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate (UCLES). Rato Bangala students graduate with the Cambridge GCE A level degree. They sit for the mandatory government examinations: the district level examinations in the eighth and the SLC(School Leaving Certificate ) in the tenth grade and selected IGCSE subjects also in the tenth grade and move on to the two year A Level programme conducted by Cambridge International Examinations. www.cie.org
Website | http://www.ratobangala.edu.np/
Contact | 01-5534318
Location | Patandhoka
3) Premier International School
Premier International School is the very first IB PYP School in Nepal teaching the Primary Years Program. It is also a candidate school for the IB MYP Program.The school started off with only the first grade in its year of inception, and after eight years now it has gradually upgraded till grade VIII, one class at a time, with a target of reaching the IB Diploma Program by the end of the year 2018.
Website | http://www.premier.edu.np/
Contact | 01-5528032
Location | Khumaltar
4) Lincoln School
Lincoln School is accredited by two internationally recognized accrediting agencies: the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools/Commissions on Elementary and Secondary Schools (MSA-CESS), and the Council of International Schools (CIS). Lincoln received its first accreditation from the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC) in 1989, after undergoing a rigorous process of self-study and on-site review. In subsequent years, Lincoln sought joint accreditation through the European Council of International Schools, the parent organization to the present Council of International Schools and most recently MSA-CESS.
Website | https://www.lsnepal.com/
Contact | 01-4270482
Location | Rabi Bhawan
5) Ullens School
Ullens School offers a multifaceted and balanced curriculum for grade 1-12, remaining within the framework of the Nepal Government’s National Curriculum. The school delivers this curriculum through the Bank Street approach to teaching. We maintain a partnership with the Bank Street College of Education, New York, a pioneer in innovative and progressive education. The IBDP curriculum contains six subject groups with a core made up of three separate parts.
Website | http://www.ullens.edu.np/
Contact | 01-5230824
Location | Khumaltar