Tuition Fees

Maria Montessori International School (MMIS) Cebu: Tuition Fees 2023

The preschool, elementary, junior high, and senior high school tuition fees and total school fees of Maria Montessori International School (MMIS) Cebu for 2023.

Contents:

Brief introduction to MMIS
Can MMIS tuition fee be paid in installments?
Preschool tuition fees
Elementary tuition fees
Junior high school tuition fees
Senior high school tuition fees

Maria Montessori International School is a prestigious private school in Cebu with two campuses, one in Talamban (in Barangay San Jose) and the other in the Gonzales Compound on Gorordo Avenue, both in Cebu City. Often referred to simply as MMIS, they offer preschool, elementary, junior high school, and senior high school.

The four-level preschool program of MMIS utilizes the Montessori method of education, with a prepared environment where young kids can do hands-on “work” on Sensorial, Language, Mathematics, Cultural, and Practical Life areas. This lasts from playgroup, nursery, and pre-kindergarten to kindergarten.

On the other hand, a more traditional approach based on the K-12 curriculum of the Department of Education is used at MMIS for the elementary (grades 1 to 6), junior high school (grades 7 to 10), and senior high school (grades 11 and 12) levels.

Can MMIS Tuition Fee Be Paid in Installments?

MMIS is one of the more expensive schools in Cebu (though certainly not the most expensive) with total yearly fees ranging from ₱59,000 to nearly ₱83,000.

Fortunately for parents who are watching their budget, it’s possible to pay the tuition and other fees on an installment basis. Parents who would prefer not to pay the fees all at once have the option to make payments on a semestral, trimestral, or monthly basis – that is:

Semestral – two separate payments
Trimestral – three separate payments
Monthly – eight separate payments

This is at no extra cost – meaning the total amount you pay if you choose to make payments monthly is the same total amount you would pay if you had chosen the semestral or trimestral payment scheme. However, if you pay annually, you are granted a discount.

One important exception to these payment schemes is when the student is still in the play group, nursery, or pre-kindergarten levels. During these three levels (the first three levels of preschool), the only other option aside from one-time full payment is the semestral payment option.

In the semestral payment scheme, the two payments are equal in amount, while in the trimestral and monthly payment schemes, the first payment is much bigger while the subsequent payments are smaller and equal in amount.

In short, parents have several choices when it comes to paying for the school fees at MMIS. Depending on our personal financial circumstances, we can choose semestral, trimestral, or monthly installments, or we can go for a full one-time payment. The advantage of choosing to pay the school fees all at once is that we can get a discount on the annual fee.

MMIS Preschool Tuition Fees and Other Fees

Play group, nursery, and pre-kindergarten levels at MMIS have the same tuition and other fees – where they differ is in the cost of books – while kindergarten costs slightly more.

Play Group

Tuition fee – ₱41,283
Other fees – ₱16,512
Annual activity fee – ₱1,400
Books – N/A
Total – ₱59,195

Nursery

Tuition fee – ₱41,283
Other fees – ₱16,512
Annual activity fee – ₱1,400
Books – ₱2,215.80
Total – ₱61,410.80

Pre-Kindergarten

Tuition fee – ₱41,283
Other fees – ₱16,512
Annual activity fee – ₱1,400
Books – ₱2,178
Total – ₱61,373

Kindergarten

Tuition fee – ₱41,283
Other fees – ₱16,512
Annual activity fee – ₱6,400
Books – ₱3,987
Total – ₱68,182

Assuming tuition fees don’t increase, a child would need ₱250,160.80 to complete the four levels of preschool at MMIS.

MMIS Elementary Tuition Fees and Other Fees

The tuition and other fees are fairly constant from Grade 1 to Grade 6. The activity fee is the same from Grade 1 to Grade 5, but is significantly more for Grade 6 when students have a “graduation” from elementary. There are also (of course) more books for the elementary levels than there were for preschool.

Grade 1

Tuition fee – ₱41,388
Other fees – ₱24,207
Annual activity fee – ₱1,700
Books – ₱5,512.80
Total – ₱72,807.80

Grade 2

Tuition fee – ₱41,388
Other fees – ₱24,207
Annual activity fee – ₱1,700
Books – ₱5,750.60
Total – ₱73,045.60

Grade 3

Tuition fee – ₱41,388
Other fees – ₱24,207
Annual activity fee – ₱2,800
Books – ₱6,090.80
Total – ₱74,485.80

Grade 4

Tuition fee – ₱41,388
Other fees – ₱24,207
Annual activity fee – ₱1,700
Books – ₱6,668.60
Total – ₱73,963.60

Grade 5

Tuition fee – ₱41,388
Other fees – ₱24,207
Annual activity fee – ₱1,700
Books – ₱6,603.80
Total – ₱73,898.80

Grade 6

Tuition fee – ₱41,388
Other fees – ₱24,207
Annual activity fee – ₱7,050
Books – ₱6,593
Total – ₱79,238

Assuming tuition fees don’t increase, a child would need ₱447,439.60 to complete elementary (Grades 1 to 6) at MMIS.

MMIS Junior High School Tuition Fees and Other Fees

The fees during junior high school are fairly constant from Grade 7 to Grade 10, all between ₱77,000 to ₱79,000 including books.

Grade 7

Tuition fee – ₱43,990
Other fees – ₱24,905
Annual activity fee – ₱3,500
Books – ₱5,502.20
Total – ₱77,897.20

Grade 8

Tuition fee – ₱43,990
Other fees – ₱24,905
Annual activity fee – ₱2,600
Books – ₱5,615.60
Total – ₱77,110.60

Grade 9

Tuition fee – ₱43,990
Other fees – ₱24,905
Annual activity fee – ₱2,600
Books – ₱5,788.40
Total – ₱77,283.40

Grade 10

Tuition fee – ₱43,990
Other fees – ₱24,905
Annual activity fee – ₱3,600
Books – ₱5,739.80
Total – ₱78,234.80

Assuming tuition fees don’t increase, a child would need ₱310,526 to complete junior high school (Grades 7 to 10) at MMIS.

MMIS Senior High School Tuition Fees and Other Fees

MMIS offers three strands in the academic track for senior high school, namely: (1) Accountancy, Business, and Management, or ABM, (2) Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, or STEM, and (3) Humanities and Social Sciences, or HUMSS. The school fees are the same regardless of strand.

Grade 11

Tuition fee – ₱47,670
Other fees – ₱23,705
Annual activity fee – ₱2,900
Total – ₱74,275

Grade 12

Tuition fee – ₱48,520
Other fees – ₱23,960
Annual activity fee – ₱9,850
Total – ₱82,330

Assuming tuition fees don’t increase, a child would need ₱156,605 to complete senior high school (Grades 11 to 12) at MMIS.

A child would need a total of ₱1,164,731.40 to complete all year levels from Play Group to Grade 12 at MMIS if tuition fees never increase.