Quote: "He said that the quarantined teachers and students were on private half term trips not school trips. Earlier reports that emanated from the Secretary General of the Private Education Commission Attapon Truektrong erroneously suggested that they had taken part in school trips".
Sixty teachers all decided to 'privately' go on trips to suspected, infected countries?
Did they go separately (as individuals or did they go as a group?
Did the school know they were going?
How exactly, was the school involved in these ventures?
Were any of the students accompanying them? This fact wasn't really clear.
Were they educational trips? If so, who paid for them?
Why were they all allowed to go - assuming that they had informed the school beforehand?
More worryingly - did the Sec.Gen. of Private Ed. Com. sanction these trips and were they really, in fact,"School trips?"
The school appears to be back pedalling and covering themselves somewhat selfishly in this very vague scenario style 'Kok-up!'.
150K per term? Not cheap to have the school decide to
Hello both, just to clarify. The trips taken that are referenced were during half term and not educational trips. Staff were told to avoid countries that were currently high risk. However, after half term many other countries were added that to the list that had previously had no cases e.g. Malaysia and Vietnam. The self quarantine also included if people had been in close contact with anyone that had travelled or been in transit through the country such as neighbours or family members so this even affected many staff who had stayed at home. More importantly, a confirmed case of the virus came from a local thai school which was close to the campus in which three family members who lived and worked in the local area had been infected. In order to keep the students and parents safe, the Thai government advised closing the school. With regard to money and missing lessons, all staff are still working a full day. Students are still provided with lessons through a live online video format and work is submitted and marked online. Hope that helps clear up some worries. Everyone is doing their best at a difficult time.
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Covid-19: Prestigious Bangkok international school admits it has to close because 60 teachers are in virus quarantine
in Bangkok News
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Hello both, just to clarify. The trips taken that are referenced were during half term and not educational trips. Staff were told to avoid countries that were currently high risk. However, after half term many other countries were added that to the list that had previously had no cases e.g. Malaysia and Vietnam. The self quarantine also included if people had been in close contact with anyone that had travelled or been in transit through the country such as neighbours or family members so this even affected many staff who had stayed at home. More importantly, a confirmed case of the virus came from a local thai school which was close to the campus in which three family members who lived and worked in the local area had been infected. In order to keep the students and parents safe, the Thai government advised closing the school. With regard to money and missing lessons, all staff are still working a full day. Students are still provided with lessons through a live online video format and work is submitted and marked online. Hope that helps clear up some worries. Everyone is doing their best at a difficult time.