中國家長熱衷國際學校 壓力更小經歷豐富

International schools from abroad are booming in China thanks to growing demand from parents who are seeking different pathways for their children to attend college overseas, and who can increasingly afford more options.

得益於家長日益增長的需求，如今海外國際學校正在中國興起。這些越來越有財力為子女提供更多選擇的家長正為子女赴海外讀大學另闢蹊徑。

Top prep schools from around the world are opening campuses in the country, often charging higher fees than their flagships and catering to students who want to go to university in the West.

來自全球的頂尖私立預備學校紛紛在中國辦學，收費通常高於其“旗艦”學校，且面向想去西方讀大學的學生。

Regardless of whether their child has the academic chops, many parents are opting to pay for what they see as a less stressful and more enriching experience at an international school.

無論子女是否具有相應學業能力，許多家長都選擇花錢送孩子上國際學校，他們認為這種校園生活的壓力較小、且能為孩子提供更豐富的體驗。

"What they really care about is the happiness of their children," said Wang Dan, an education professor at the University of Hong Kong. "Their future return on the student's education is one concern, but equally important is the concern for the learning process."

香港大學教育學教授王丹表示：“家長真正在乎的是她們孩子的快樂程度。關於學生的教育帶來的未來回報是家長的關注點之一，但同樣重要的是對學習過程的關注。”

The International School Consultancy says the demand among Chinese for English-language schools is "insatiable."

國際學校諮詢公司稱，中國人對英語語言學校的需求可謂“無窮無盡”。

More than 150,000 Chinese students are currently enrolled in international schools, according to the consultancy, which says the number of Chinese who can afford to pay seemingly stratospheric fees for those schools will continue to grow.

該諮詢公司表示，目前在國際學校就讀的中國學生已超15萬，能負擔得起那些學校看似昂貴的費用的中國人將繼續增多。