Pattaya schools drop scout uniform mandate to ease financial strain

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Photo by The Pattaya News.

 

In Pattaya, officials have recently instructed all educational institutions under their authority to remove the mandate for students to wear scout and girl scout uniforms. This decision is in line with similar actions taken by other institutions across the country. The announcement was made through the ‘Pattaya Direct Line’ Facebook account following a statement by the Mayor of Pattaya, to ease the financial burden that uniform costs place on parents.

 

Pattaya Mayor Poramet Ngampichet stated that he will soon release an official document detailing the new guidelines for schools, The Pattaya News reported. He said that students who cannot afford scout uniforms will be allowed to wear their regular student uniforms, accompanied by a badge, scarf, or hat.

 

The mayor believes that this decision will help reduce household expenses, while ensuring that the scouting programme remains in line with the curriculum, providing comprehensive training for young learners.

 

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[RichardColeman]

What a complete clown - most people - like us - have just been out and bought the school 'scout' uniform weeks before school started 2 weeks ago. This clown should have said this months ago

[hotchilli]

7 minutes ago, RichardColeman said:

What a complete clown - most people - like us - have just been out and bought the school 'scout' uniform weeks before school started 2 weeks ago. This clown should have said this months ago

I guess they are targeting the homes who are so poor they have not yet purchased the scout uniforms.

 

[RichardColeman]

7 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

I guess they are targeting the homes who are so poor they have not yet purchased the scout uniforms.

 

Agreed, but those self same target group may have just gone to a shark weeks ago to buy it !

[JayBird]

Why not just issue or subsidize the cost to everyone?

[Will B Good]

1 minute ago, JayBird said:

Why not just issue or subsidize the cost to everyone?

They would only get a proportion of that funding remember......the lion's share would always go to the Principle.

[cracker1]

As some will be wearing the Scout uniform and some will be only wearing a small part of it, this action will probably now divide the school children into the "rich" and the "poor" and will do nothing for morale.

 

[Will B Good]

Just now, cracker1 said:

As some will be wearing the Scout uniform and some will be only wearing a small part of it, this action will probably now divide the school children into the "rich" and the "poor" and will do nothing for morale.

 

That is a major problem when abandoning uniforms.....also what happens when kids where football T-shirts or worse gang related clothing?

 

A cheap, easy to clean, simple uniform is the only sensible answer