French School of Kuala Lumpur

School fees
School fees include the initial registration fees, tuition fees, deposit and down payment. School fees are updated once a year for the beginning of the next school year beginning in September. Should there be any delay in the payment of said fees, penalties shall apply.

Deposit
A deposit of RM 12,000 per child must be paid upon the school’s acceptance of your child’s registration, regardless of the child’s level and rate charged. Registration is only valid upon reception of the full amount due. LFKL reserves the right to cancel your application should this deposit not be paid within three weeks after acceptance of the registration (Kindly email proof of payment to compta@lfkl.edu.my). The full deposit will be refunded -subject to certain conditions- upon your child’s leaving LFKL permanently.

Initial registration
Initial registration fees must be paid as soon as the school accepts your child’s application: registration is only valid upon reception of the full amount due. LFKL reserves the right to cancel your application should these initial registration fees not be settled within three weeks after acceptance of the registration (Kindly email proof of payment to compta@lfkl.edu.my). These fees are not refundable under any circumstance whatsoever, except under the Passerelle programme provided your child is not accepted into LFKL following the observation morning. The registration remains valid for three months following the planned admission date; please note that the place at school cannot be held past this point. Initial registration fees for the current school year amount to RM 12,000 per child registered from third year of preschool (Grande Section) up to Terminale. Initial registration fees for the current school year amount to RM 8,000 per child registered in pre-first year (Toute Petite Section), first year (Petite Section) and second year (Moyenne Section) of preschool.

Tuition fees
Tuition fees include:

• Schooling,
• Each child’s liability insurance covering them during school hours, including bus trips, school trips, extracurricular activities and work experience,
• LFKL liability insurance covering school activities, extracurricular activities within LFKL and school excursions,
• Primary school workbooks and preschool small equipment,
• Textbooks except dictionaries and reference books,
• The LFKL white tee-shirt given once a year,
• Baccalauréat and DNB (Diplôme National du Brevet) for 1 ère , Terminale and 3 e students examination fees,
• Registration to the language studies course in 4e and 3e classes (see paragraph3)
• Registration to the European section in 2nd , 1ere and Terminale (see paragraph 3) classes
• Optional language or national examination fees for the following languages and classes:
  • English: CM2 / 5 e / 3 e / 1 ère classes
  • German, Spanish, Chinese: 1 ère classes
  • French as a foreign language: Upon the teacher’s suggestion
• Some extracurricular activities as part of an annually approved project.
• CNED Registration for specialties in 1ère and Terminale, which are not proposed by LFKL.

Tuition fees do not include:

• Registration to the Passerelle programme in primary school,
• Small supplies in primary and secondary schools,
• Canteen fees
• Compulsory up until the 3 e class (subcontracted to a private service provider, see paragraph 4.2),
• The school bus service (subcontracted to a private service provider, see paragraph 4.1),
• Optional extracurricular activities (ECA) (see paragraph 4.3),
• Fees for optional “outside the core curriculum” classes, for which the families must pay the CNED directly,
• School trips (should a student not join a school trip organised for his/her class, the person or organisation paying their school fees will not be able to claim any refund for the trip and /or for the days missed during the trip),
• Fees for support staff for pupil/student with any disability
• Extra LFKL tee-shirts.

Arrival during the school year

The tuition fees applying to pupils and students arriving during a term shall be invoiced as follows:

• Arrival before midterm: the entire fees for the term in question
• Arrival after midterm: half the fees of the term in question. The midterm dates are detailed in the table under section 2.6 “Payment method”

Departure and Absence

Full fees must be paid for any term commenced. There will be no discount or refund of the tuition fees for an absence -regardless of its durationor for leaving the school during a term.

After receiving an enrolment confirmation by email from our secretary, you will be able to finalize your child’s enrolment by paying for the following school fees (within 3 weeks):

• The Initial enrolment fees (5 000 RM for TPS/PS/MS classes and 10 000 RM for the other levels)
• The deposit (9 000 RM)
• Your child will only be able to start school once the payment has been received.

If the initial enrolment fees and the deposit are not paid within the deadline at the LFKL administrative office, your place may be assigned to another family.

Payment methods

Tuition fees can be paid in two different ways:

Either in 3 instalments -one for each term- on the date indicated on each invoice:

• First term (September-December) invoice issued in September: 40% of the annual total minus the June deposit
• Second term (January-March) invoice issued in January: 30% of the annual total
• Third term (April-July) invoice issued in April: 30% of the annual total; or in full at the beginning of the first term: a 2% rebate then applies, minus the June deposit. The corresponding invoice is issued in September. In the event of a planned departure from the school during the school year, the sum refunded is based on noncommenced terms.

Invoices are emailed to the parents or directly sent to the third-party payer. Payment is made in Malaysian Ringgits or in Euros (according to the Embassy exchange rate indicated on each invoice):

• Either by bank transfer (remember to specify the child’s full name in the “bank reference” field) to CIMB Bank for the payment in Malaysian Ringgits or to BRED for the payment in Euro. The LFKL bank details can be found on the school website as well as at the bottom of any invoice issued; or
• By Malaysian cheque payable to LFKL Berhad; or
• In cash or by card directly at the school Accounts Department; (cash payment only in Malaysian Ringgit and for card payment, all the processing bank fees will be borne by the payer)

Every invoice shall be settled within fifteen calendar days of its date of issuance.