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<title><![CDATA[Bi-Lingual education for Foreign Children - Post by Yuantongsi]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Apart from local Primary schools (weak English Education Plus a VERY heavy homework load) and KIA, are there any other options for foreign children (under 10 Primary years) in Kunming?]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Apart from local Primary schools (weak English Education Plus a VERY heavy homework load) and KIA, are there any other options for foreign children (under 10 Primary years) in Kunming?]]></content:encoded>
<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:01:57 +0800</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Bi-Lingual education for Foreign Children - Post by Ouyang]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[There is KIY(Korean school in the north). I'm not exactly sure what classes they have for younger kids. I know middle school and high school kids can pick to have more Chinese classes or English&hellip;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[There is KIY(Korean school in the north). I'm not exactly sure what classes they have for younger kids. I know middle school and high school kids can pick to have more Chinese classes or English classes. I can ask tomorrow or Friday..]]></content:encoded>
<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:41:22 +0800</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Bi-Lingual education for Foreign Children - Post by laotou]]></title>
<link>https://www.gokunming.com/en/forums/thread/3153/bi-lingual-education-for-foreign-children#post-11020</link>
<description><![CDATA[There's an international (aka bilingual English-Chinese) primary school somewhere near the airport - cheaper than Beijing - but last time I checked the annual tuition (not including books and supplies) was somewhere around ¥10k per&hellip;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[There's an international (aka bilingual English-Chinese) primary school somewhere near the airport - cheaper than Beijing - but last time I checked the annual tuition (not including books and supplies) was somewhere around ¥10k per kid. Attendance will probably require you to have a car (or an e-scooter with a severely powerful and long-lasting battery).

If you send your kids to local (Chinese) schools - be careful - they'll try to rape (I use the word correctly) you for up to ¥25k per child (Americans benefitting from the largest fees, of course) - but this is illegal despite some pseudo-official looking paper that they won't let you copy or take home.

Beijing and Hu Jintao's government legislated primary schooling for ALL children in China is FREE - from grades 1-9.]]></content:encoded>
<pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 03:08:35 +0800</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Bi-Lingual education for Foreign Children - Post by Greginchina]]></title>
<link>https://www.gokunming.com/en/forums/thread/3153/bi-lingual-education-for-foreign-children#post-11023</link>
<description><![CDATA[Its true that primary education is free. However I think that only applies to kids with a local hukou. Children with foreign passports do not tend to have a local hukou (if they did it&hellip;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Its true that primary education is free. However I think that only applies to kids with a local hukou. Children with foreign passports do not tend to have a local hukou (if they did it would be illegal but thats a discussion for another time). 
Infact the hukou system only allows you to go to a local school so that if you are from Panlong District you would have hard time getting into a primary school in Wuhua district. 
As a foreigner your hands are pretty much tied and you almost definately will need to pay some kind of bribe to get into a local school. Its all about hukou and citizenship, that both parents are taxpayers in China and contributing to the economy is unfortunately irrelevant.]]></content:encoded>
<pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 10:09:25 +0800</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Bi-Lingual education for Foreign Children - Post by laotou]]></title>
<link>https://www.gokunming.com/en/forums/thread/3153/bi-lingual-education-for-foreign-children#post-11031</link>
<description><![CDATA[Greg<br />
My kids go to local school in Kunming for free - just like everyone else. I got ticked when they tried to extort money from me. If you want to send your kids OUT&hellip;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Greg
My kids go to local school in Kunming for free - just like everyone else. I got ticked when they tried to extort money from me. If you want to send your kids OUT of district - then extortion is understandable. My kids couldn't get into the neighborhood schools in Beijing so I sent them to one of the best primary schools in zhongguancun - but that only cost (non-refundable of course) ¥6k per year - not ¥25k for some subpar crap rural school in kunming.

This is something where gaoxing would have a legit gripe to flame KM and YN in general. Stinks of corruption.]]></content:encoded>
<pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 15:15:32 +0800</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Bi-Lingual education for Foreign Children - Post by Yuantongsi]]></title>
<link>https://www.gokunming.com/en/forums/thread/3153/bi-lingual-education-for-foreign-children#post-11036</link>
<description><![CDATA[It seems that the option of finding something in KM that is a mix of international and local school in Kunming is not an option.<br />
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Anyone know anything about <span lang="zh-CN" class="chinese">海贝双语学校</span>?]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[It seems that the option of finding something in KM that is a mix of international and local school in Kunming is not an option.

Anyone know anything about 海贝双语学校?]]></content:encoded>
<pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 18:42:31 +0800</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Bi-Lingual education for Foreign Children - Post by Greginchina]]></title>
<link>https://www.gokunming.com/en/forums/thread/3153/bi-lingual-education-for-foreign-children#post-11044</link>
<description><![CDATA[Thanks Laotou, that's good to know. not something we'll have to deal with for a couple of years but helpful nonetheless. I got the impression all kids without local hukou (so that naturally includes foreigners)&hellip;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Thanks Laotou, that's good to know. not something we'll have to deal with for a couple of years but helpful nonetheless. I got the impression all kids without local hukou (so that naturally includes foreigners) have to pay. Good to know its not the case.]]></content:encoded>
<pubDate>Fri, 10 Sep 2010 09:02:53 +0800</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Bi-Lingual education for Foreign Children - Post by homer]]></title>
<link>https://www.gokunming.com/en/forums/thread/3153/bi-lingual-education-for-foreign-children#post-11206</link>
<description><![CDATA[Does anyone have contact information for the Korean school in the north (KIY), or the one near the airport?]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Does anyone have contact information for the Korean school in the north (KIY), or the one near the airport?]]></content:encoded>
<pubDate>Sun, 19 Sep 2010 21:30:15 +0800</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Bi-Lingual education for Foreign Children - Post by Danmairen]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Homer: http://www.christianvolunteering.org/org/korean-international-school-kunming.jsp<br />
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was the closest I could get. Be aware though, if this is the right place it looks more like Jesus Camp than anything deserving of the word "school" in the&hellip;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Homer: http://www.christianvolunteering.org/org/korean-international-school-kunming.jsp

was the closest I could get. Be aware though, if this is the right place it looks more like Jesus Camp than anything deserving of the word "school" in the title.]]></content:encoded>
<pubDate>Fri, 21 Jan 2011 03:30:29 +0800</pubDate>
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