International German School Ho Chi Minh City
| International German School Ho Chi Minh City Deutsche Schule Ho Chi Minh City | |
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  International German School Ho Chi Minh City | |
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12 Võ Trường Toản, Phường Thảo Điền Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam | |
| Coordinates | 10°48′19″N 106°44′52″E / 10.805237°N 106.747908°E |
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| Type | Private non-profit international school |
| Established | 2012 |
| Principal | Dirk Thormann |
| Faculty | 14 |
| Grades | K–12 |
| School roll | 73 |
| Website | www.igs-hcmc.org |
Deutsche Schule Ho Chi Minh City - International German School, shortened as IGS, is an international school in Ho Chi Minh City offering a German standards based curriculum for grades EC-12. They plan to offer a German graduation certificate (from 2020) and the mixed language IB diploma program (from 2022).[1]
It is located in District 2, Ho Chi Minh City. There has been some problems already in the past. In 2015 the offered curriculum and the direction the school was given by the carrier (SBH) was not communicated with the parents and the school[2] and caused some trouble.[1] Soon thereafter the principal changed.[3] By the end of year 2016/17 more than half of the teachers left.[4]
Profile
The International German School (IGS) was founded in 2012,[5] initiated by the Federal Foreign Office and carried by the Stiftung Bildung und Handwerk (SBH).
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Front of house D in September 2016
House C and D as seen from the teachers villa in August 2016
House E as seen from the teachers villa in August 2016.jpg)
tree house build by students 2017
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This does not include schools in Turkey, nor does it include schools in the former Soviet Union †Schmidt's is within East Jerusalem, controlled by Israel and claimed by the Palestinian Authority. Schools marked with asterisks (*) do not appear on the ZfA list of German schools. | |
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Several other schools in China have German students' sections in addition to the German schools in Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, and Changchun: They are: British School of Beijing, Léman International School Chengdu, Fuzhou International School, Utahloy International School Guangzhou, Nanjing International School, the Northeast Yucai School German section, and Suzhou Singapore International School The Central Agency for German Schools Abroad (ZfA) does not include these schools in its list of schools in Mainland China. | |
