During the 1800s, Chile was home to large numbers of immigrants from Germany, Britain, France and the USA. A legacy of this is the private education system. Bilingual schools are common and reasonably cheap. Most schools are modelled on British Public (private) Schools but there are also many German schools in the South and also French and US schools in the Central Region. Most follow the International Baccalaureate curriculum, which allows students entry to universities all over the world. Standards vary from school to school but are generally quite high.