By Paphamon Arayasukawat

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Office of the Basic Education Commission (Obec) has announced that the reopening of the new school term may be pushed back again to June 1 if widespread Covid-19 infections remain unchecked.

 

Obec secretary-general Amporn Pinasa said the ministry was keeping a close watch on the pandemic and assessing the situation, adding that Obec was reviewing the possibility of the new term being delayed to June 1 from the tentative reopening date of May 17.

 

He said after a meeting with Education Minister Treenuch Thienthong that Obec might have to push the timeline back once again because some provinces have gone into partial lockdown which makes parents and students unable to travel to other provinces for entrance exams.

 

The secretary-general said the meeting has agreed to monitor the Covid-19 situation over the next couple of days to see if infections can be brought under control.

 

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With 4 kids, I can certainly see their return to international school happening only in August, if the current trend continues.

2 hours ago, webfact said:

He said after a meeting with Education Minister Treenuch Thienthong that Obec might have to push the timeline back once again because some provinces have gone into partial lockdown which makes parents and students unable to travel to other provinces for entrance exams.

Is this the only reason? Surely not. Education centres are a great vectors for viruses of any kind. As for bringing infections under control in the next couple of days if they say >2000 infections per day is under control then they really are delusional.

4 hours ago, webfact said:

The secretary-general said the meeting has agreed to monitor the Covid-19 situation over the next couple of days to see if infections can be brought under control.

Next couple of months more like.