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PAYMENT AND REFUND INFORMATION
Tuition
The current Agama Yoga Teacher Training Course (ATTC) fee, including deposit, is 99,000 Baht. Previous completion of Agama's First Level Intensive Course entitles an ATTC participant to a 4,000 Baht discount.
The tuition fee does not include meals or accommodation, but these can be arranged easily upon arrival. For more information about accommodation (including resort recommendations), travel tips, visa information and details, information about food and local attractions, etc., please refer to our website:
Program Acceptance and Deposit to Hold Reservation
Every ATTC applicant must submit a deposit in the amount of 8,000 Baht alongside his or her application, in order to be considered for acceptance to the program. This deposit must be made on Agama's website using PayPal. Please carefully designate the course of your choice, either January 2012, May 2012, or January 2013:
If Agama does not accept a student for participation, the full ATTC deposit amount (8,000 Baht) will be redeposited to the applicant's PayPal account.
If Agama accepts a student for participation in the course requested, the deposit will be held in reserve upon approval notification to the student. ATTC participants will need to pay the balance of tuition fees by one month prior to the course start date. For 2011, the balance of tuition after deposit (91,000 Baht, or 87,000 Baht for those who previously attended the First Level Intensive Course) is due according to the following deadlines:
Please note: The ATTC full tuition payment deadline is set at one month prior to the course start date.
January 2012 TTC full tuition payment deadline: 9 December, 2011
January 2012 TTC course dates: 9 January - 31 March, 2012
May 2012 TTC full tuition payment deadline: 28 April, 2012
May 2012 TTC course dates: 28 May - 18 August, 2012
Payment for the remainder of tuition fees is made on the same website page as that where the deposit is made. Please choose the correct course payment button:
Full tuition payment will constitute reconfirmation of a participant's place in the course. If the full tuition balance has not been paid by these payment deadlines, a participant's position will be considered forfeited.
Agama will not be held responsible for participants' payment errors or inabilities to use the PayPal system, personal problems with their Visa account or credit limit, power outages or Internet inaccessibility, bank holidays, etc. These guidelines are given well in advance of these deadlines to give participants the opportunity to verify all of these factors and not to be surprised at the last moment. Please take advantage of this advance notice to investigate your account maximums, account functionality, etc. We advise you to handle your payment issues in advance of these tuition payment deadlines as we will not be able to extend exceptions at such a late date to those who find themselves unprepared to pay for the course.
Registration for all Agama TTCs takes place on Sunday, the day before the course begins, from 15:00-17:00 at Ananda Resort. All ATTC registration sessions are followed by a Welcome Reception at Ananda, 17:00-19:00. Times will be reconfirmed with participants by ATTC Administration prior to these dates.
Withdrawal after Acceptance to the Program
A student who has been accepted to the Agama Yoga TTC may withdraw himself or herself by email notification at least two (2) months prior to the start of the course, to:
For the January 2012 ATTC, the withdrawal deadline is 9 November, 2011. For the May 2012 ATTC, the deadline is 28 March, 2012. A student who notifies us of his or her intention to withdraw by these deadlines will receive half the deposit returned, i.e., 4,000 Baht, by PayPal transfer.
Students withdrawing after these deadlines will not receive any refund of their deposits.
Note that students who reach only the waiting list and have not yet been accepted to the Agama TTC may request a full refund of their course deposit at any point if they choose to withdraw from the waiting list. Once accepted to the ATTC, however, the guidelines outlined above governing deposit refunds apply.
Selections and Refund Policy
Agama holds very high standards for its teaching staff. There is a selection process that applies to each level of the course. Students are expected to pass five exams in total during the course, plus to earn a positive final teaching evaluation.
The first month of the ATTC serves as a semi-trial period, during which all ATTC participants will be evaluated with emphasis given to their levels of enthusiasm, dedication, and aspiration. At the end of this period, individual meetings will be held between each ATTC student and Swami Vivekananda. A decision will be made at this point as to whether or not students have demonstrated the necessary qualities to successfully complete the ATTC. A detailed account of Agama's expectations for students is found in the Criteria for Certification and Terms of Agreement. An evaluation will be made such that if Agama decides after the first month that a student is not fit to become a teacher in this tradition, ATTC Administration will refund two-thirds of the tuition fees (for a total of 60,660 Baht). No refunds will be given after this point in the program.
If a student does not pass the final exam, he or she may retake the test, and, in the case of a second failure, may participate in a future ATTC at a reduced cost of 50 percent of the course fee (therefore, at a rate of 49,500 Baht).
If a student was extended a course discount based on past participation in the First Level Intensive Course, these refund amounts will be adjusted accordingly to reflect the percentage of fees actually paid.