Tag Archives: closing and merging of small schools

Isolated Schools May Not Merge

Due to the isolated locations, the Education Ministry will provide further assistance to small schools that will not be merged with larger ones. This was discussed during the Education Minister’s visit to a small school in the province, a branch of Pha Khwang Witthaya School. This school only has 39 students. Despite having only 39 students, the school […]

Small Schools Will Use Other School Facilities

The Office of Basic Education Commission (Obec) vowed that there will be no small schools to be closed this academic year. Instead, pupils will be moved between 1,000 schools to get more efficient use of facilities. The Education Ministry will gather and find more solutions to aid the small and alternative schools in Thailand. There were […]

Closed or Merged Small Schools Should be Evaluated

The opposition on the Social Media sites was strong for two reasons. First, the policy is nothing new. It has been implemented over a decade now but the former Education Minister now joined the attack. Second, there are some good reasons, for the sake of our children in rural areas, to support this policy. The […]