Yangon - School Report Question and Answers
Describe the general climate of the grade level that you teach or your child attends:
The education climate is similar in many ways to a traditional Burmese style education where some teachers and faculty members sternly lecture and openly criticize students. ISY is not a school where encouragement and positive reinforcement is practiced. - Jun 2014
Our high school level teens have found this IB school to be socially typical of teens & scholastically on a gifted/talented level. We have learned from friends with younger children that the Asian (Korean, Japan, Myanmar mostly) parents all involve their children in what they call "tuition" (tutoring on Fri, Sat, Sun). Most can read already before entering Kindergarten. In high school, they seem to still be on a much higher level than the typical American student. It almost feels like college level in 9th-12th grade at ISY. The principal of the high school told us that Asian parents complain when their children are not challenged, therefore, they maintain challenging levels always. All of the ISY IB graduates do indeed get accepted into the most exemplary universities. - Feb 2014
Overall excellent, time to time difficulty with teachers - Oct 2010
