According to BAIS Director, Myna Anderson, \u201cThe BAIS Board of Directors decided that students in The Gambia deserve to have the option to earn an internationally-recognized, U.S. High School Diploma, right here in Banjul. They took the decision to build a full high school program following an American credit system and further voted to offer this program of study at an affordable rate.\u201d Families paying out-of-pocket will pay a locally competitive tuition rate: $5,500 tuition fee and $500 technology fee — paying $2,000 USD per term for a total of $6,000 total for the year. This offers an international standard education at reduced cost.<\/p>\n
The U.S. High School program comprises grades 9, 10, 11 and 12, with students normally graduating from high school at the completion of grade 12 to enter university or other tertiary education programs. (Graphic below.) U.S. High School students must pass both required and elective classes in order to earn \u2018credits\u2019.\u00a0 Graduation and the High School Diploma are granted when the required number and type of credits are earned. Students are typically 14 when entering high school and 18 years of age at graduation.<\/p>\n
BAIS, formerly known as Banjul American Embassy School, has a long history in The Gambia, serving the community with an international quality education for 35 years.\u00a0 It looks forward to developing its first cohort of bright young students ready to learn collaboratively, research independently and think critically in preparation for universities around the world. The official school name was changed in 2016 to reflect the international nature of the student body and units of study of the curriculum.<\/p>\n
Ms. Anderson highlighted the importance of such a program being developed in The Gambia, noting that \u201cthe country will benefit since local and expatriate NGO, diplomatic and business families will be able to stay in The Gambia and keep their families together here when their children enter high school. Other investors with school age children will have further incentive to will come to The Gambia. As the BAIS high school program grows, we hope these families will opt to invest in Banjul rather than Dakar.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Banjul American International School (BAIS) is opening a full U.S. High School Diploma program in September 2020.\u00a0\u00a0This will be the first school offering the U.S. High School option in The Gambia. An information meeting will be held for all interested parents and students on Tuesday, January 7th 2020 at 7 pm at the school campus […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":3625,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[2065,1065],"class_list":["post-3624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-banjul-american-international-school-bais","tag-gambia-news-everyday"],"yoast_head":"\n