23/07/2024
Arthit Ourairat Institution (AOI) is setting new benchmarks in Thailand's educational landscape by integrating its network of schools under a unified governance model. This strategic initiative is tailored to enhance holistic learning and optimise synergies across resources, faculty, and infrastructure, substantially enriching the student experience. By pooling and har-monising these critical assets, AOI ensures that its core values of integrity, innovation, inclusivity, and passion are consistently upheld, providing a transformative and meaningful educational environment.
AOI's approach is distinctive in its commitment to aligning educational offerings with the demographic characteristics of each community it serves. For instance, the British International School Phuket (BISP) caters to the diverse needs of international and Thai families in Phuket as well as boarding students from around the world. Meanwhile, the Satit Bilingual School Rangsit (SBS Rangsit), Satit International Bilingual School Chiang Mai (SIBS Chiang Mai), and the newly established SBS Bangkok serve as the only genuine bilingual schools in Thailand. Unlike other "bilingual" programmes that simply translate the Ministry of Edu-cation's Thai curriculum into English, SBS schools deliver an International Bilingual Curriculum, which is an integration of the Thai curriculum and the Cambridge International Curriculum, fostering advanced bilingual fluency and code-switching capabilities among students.
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