Nadica

After a year and a half living on the island and as a parent of two children I want to share my experience about the schools in Samui. Probably same as the most of the newcomers on the island I choose the most advertised and most expensive one unfortunately.... and it took me some time to find all other schools. Some are nicer than the others, some are more expensive, and some have better facilities or choice of foreign language.

The truth that lies behind all this international schools is that: yes they are in English language but studying the Thai language is obligatory and by Law. So you must realize that your child will learn both English and Thai. This counts for all the schools.

I decided to make a simple list and give basic information to anyone that might need it in future.


Here is the list in no particular order:

Panyadee The British School of Samui in Chaweng Noi- international school

Samui Center of learning in Lamai- international school

Bluewaters or ISS in Bophut- international school

Oonrak in Maenam- this is Bilingual school (Thai and English)


For smaller children up to 5/6 years of age there is one playschool in Bophut called Sunshine Tots.

If you need information about any of the schools you can simply make serch by name on Google. They all have web sites.

Hope this will help to the families moving to Samui in finding schools for the children and maybe saving them some time and money.

Hello everyone,

I need WI-FI internet service at home. At the moment I am renting the place and there is no landline. I am wondering if there is possiblity on the island to have WI-FI internet without telephone line??

Anyone had some experiance regarding this issue?

Thanks,
Nadica