RISS recognized for quality life education

Children play at the Renaissance International School Saigon (RISS) in HCMC’s District 7 - Photo: Quoc Hung The Renaissance International School Saigon (RISS) has been named an international advocate by UK based educational charity organisation, ASDAN, the school said in a press statement. ASDAN (Award Scheme Development and Accreditation Network) is a curriculum development organization and internationally recognized awarding body that provides awards and curricula for PSHE (Personal, Social, Health and Economic education) courses. ASDAN has over 6,000 centres globally and RISS is the first school in the world to be named an international advocate. RISS has also been appointed an ‘Open Centre’ for the BioMedical Admissions Test (BMAT), which is taken by applicants to certain medicine, veterinary medicine and related courses at British Universities. BMAT is administered by Cambridge Assessment, one of the world’s largest assessment agencies. RISS is currently the only BMAT centre in Vietnam and accepts external students for testing. RISS which was established in 2007 at 74 Nguyen Thi Thap Street, District 7, teaches according to the British system and is a test centre for University of Cambridge examinations. It also delivers the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Program which is a pathway to leading universities and colleges in many countries around the world, particularly the UK, USA, Australia, Canada and New Zealand.