Sanook reported that the Minister for further Education Anek Laothammathat has proposed using a fund to allow the government to reduce university student fees by 50%.

 

This help is needed because of the effect on education due to the pandemic crisis and will apply to fees for the first semester of this academic year. 

 

Measures were also announced regarding using university facilities as field hospitals and coopting recent graduates in helping with Covid response teams.  

 

Meanwhile, Thailand’s Ministry of Education will seek Cabinet approval for 21.6 billion baht to subsidize education costs, at 2,000 baht per student in the elementary and vocational education systems, to mitigate financial burdens on parents as a result of COVID-19.

 

Minister Trinuch Thienthong said the mitigation measures were proposed at a meeting, chaired by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, and will be submitted to the Cabinet for approval on Tuesday. The funds are to help parents tackle financial issues during COVID-19 and can be spent on tuition fees, maintenance, Internet or electricity bills.

 

She said state-run schools have returned some maintenance fees and miscellaneous expenses to parents, while private schools, affiliated with the Office of the Private Education Commission (OPEC), have also returned fees, amounting to about 2.27 billion baht.

 

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Still waiting on a refund for the SD. About as much chance as a refund from Air Asia.

Of course this may simply mean only half the truth is transmitted, the full story may be too much for the puppeteers.

My son in Maha Sarakham Uni says they are only offering discounts of a couple of thousand baht.