Schools drama: Bangkok primary school joins the "contest" for Thailand's worst lunch

[webfact]

Sanook Thai Caption: Just this for 40 baht

 

Sanook reported another post by a parent of a primary school student in Bang Khen in the Thai capital Bangkok who was complaining about the school lunch.

 

Yesterday ASEAN NOW reported on a measly meal costing 21 baht given to kindergarteners in Prachuab Khirikhan amid suggestions school authorities were creaming off budgets.

 

Now on the "So you wanna be famous, we'll fix that for you" site came an equally bad post.

 

There were pictures of "pad see iw' (fried noodles) and a few mangy strips of pork on rice with a sloppy looking soup.

 

Picture: Sanook

 

The poster said this was a BMA school. Now Bangkok was joining the contest for the worst school lunch. 

 

Kids who complained were told to just eat it" while teacher's were on the prowl watching for kids taking photos of their lunch, clearly worried that they'd be next to be named and shamed. 

 

These lunches cost around 40 baht said the mother who assured onliners that the snaps were taken on the 10th and 21st of June. 

 

She referred to other measly food reportedly given to her child and clearly also wanted an investigation. 

 

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[TheFishman1]

It seems like everybody’s on the take care the principles of each of the schools must be making a fortune off the lunches TIT

[worgeordie]

That's not a 40 Baht meal , nothing is safe from corruption here,

it's reaching a new bottom when it involves school kids food ,

 

" teacher's were on the prowl watching for kids taking photos of their lunch, clearly worried that they'd be next to be named and shamed. "

named and shamed  ! whomever is making money from this needs

jailing,  in the past there has been corruption cases involving School

milk ,watered down , off.   they have no shame or morals

regards Worgeordie

Edited July 15, 2022 by worgeordie

[RichardColeman]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

The poster said this was a BMA school. Now Bangkok was joining the contest for the worst school lunch. 

Maybe the school boards can have contests for most recent, best home pools ? 

[Bangkok Barry]

Morally bankrupt. But that's nothing new here, is it.

[fdimike]

Perfectly normal for a third world country like Thailand which ranks 110 out of 180 countries throughout the world on the annual Corruption Perception Index.  This should not be a surprise to anyone living here for more than a week.

.https://www.transparency.org/en/cpi/2021

[hotchilli]

18 hours ago, webfact said:

Kids who complained were told to just eat it" while teacher's were on the prowl watching for kids taking photos of their lunch, clearly worried that they'd be next to be named and shamed.

Such a sad state of affairs.

[MarcusL]

Why are WE even surprised?