Thai Youth Battling With Social Issues - Violence Rampant

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Thai youth battling with social issues - violence rampant

BANGKOK: -- A study by the Ramjitti Institute of Chulalongkoi. University has found that sex crimes, suicides and violence are significant issues that young Thais are grappling to come to terms with as Thai society continues to evolve at a rapid pace.

The poll, released on Thursday, March 4, surveyed 150,000 Thais from primary school to graduate level across the country found an alarming increase in rebellious behavior, as well as a disturbing increase in crime.

Dr. Amornwit Nakhontap, director of Ramjitti Institute, said the sex trade, sexual harassment, and violence amongst young Thais is a serious problem for Thai society and blamed the increase on the accessibility of “hazardous media such as pornography on the internet and improper content on TV programs” for the increase.

The survey found that the number of entertainment venues and other areas "exposing students to social misdemeanour or misbehaviour" had increased by 37 percent in the last 12 months, from 16,369 in 2008 to 22,576 in 2009, while the number of under 18-year-olds undergoing rehabilitation or in detention for criminal acts had remained almost static at 42,074 in 2009 compared with 42,102 in 2008.

According to the poll, student absentee levels have doubled at all levels, with the number of eligible students regularly attending classes decreasing from 38 percent in 2008 to 35 percent in 2009.

The number of openly homosexual students in the classroom is also on the rise, with about 45 percent of students at secondary and graduate levels having homosexual classmates.

According to Dr. Amornwit, “on average, every student has at least three homosexual classmates, and the number is increasing”.

The poll also found that about 7,300 people under 25-years-old attempted or contemplated suicide last year, an average of 20 a day, while the number of women under 19-years-old giving birth was 69,387, or an average of 190 a day.

Serious sexual assaults against underage Thai females was also found to have increased during 2009, with the number of reported incidents of forced sexual assault against 17- and 18-year-olds increasing by 9 percent to 6,438, or more than 17 reported cases daily.

More than 37 percent of those surveyed at the graduate level said they were no longer virgins, while about 50 percent of those surveyed said pre-marital sex and cohabitation prior to marriage were acceptable.

The survey also found that an average of 11 young people a day were killed in accidents involving motorcycles, with 4,019 killed in 2009.

The only slightly encouraging aspects to the survey found that there was a slight increase in those claiming to see signs of improved governance, with 62 percent of those surveyed claiming corruption was on the decrease, compared to 59 percent in 2008, while those believing in karmic destiny had increased from 60 percent in 2008 to 62 percent in 2009.

The poll also found the number of high school students continuing their education at university level increased by almost 8 percent, from 76 percent of students in 2008 to 82 percent in 2009, while those spending their leisure hours reading had increased from 28 percent in 2008 to 35 percent in 2009.

Dr. Amornwit said the results of the poll should ring alarm bells for authorities and said local administrative organizations need to play an increasing role in addressing the issues facing, Thai youths in society.

-- thaivisa.com 2010-03-06

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[Donnyboy]

hub of degenerates?

[apetley]

"improper content on TV programs"

Can't pretend that I have any answers but alot of my Thai friends have young children and they are invariably awake late gawping at the tv watching Thai soaps with mum and dad. I don't think it can be anything but a negative influence for the youngsters.

[somtampet]

To be honest this survey would find the same results in most citys of the world.

[somtampet]

"improper content on TV programs"

Can't pretend that I have any answers but alot of my Thai friends have young children and they are invariably awake late gawping at the tv watching Thai soaps with mum and dad. I don't think it can be anything but a negative influence for the youngsters.

I would agree on your comments,as these soap operas tend to be hi-so and above the law

[simcity]

Not surprising, saw the last two years a drop of 45% attendance of some thai, less money to go online.

Television series showing items like house / condo / cars / Mobil phone they could never afford.

Low ridicule wages that are just enough to survive with the rampant higher living cost!

[apex2000]

The poll also found the number of high school students continuing their education at university level increased by almost 8 percent, from 76 percent of students in 2008 to 82 percent in 2009.

Let's hope their maths improves!

[hammered]

Youth, angst, experimentation, rebellion. Nothing unusual there. Its all part of life

[geriatrickid]

I hope this is a case of innacurate reporting.

One of the issues the government has to contend with is an uptick in STIs, HIV and unplanned pregnancies. You have probably seen the reports in TV in the past year. There just isn't enough cash available to respond to everything all at once. If someone is trying to suggest a link between the STIs & HIV and the presence of homos, there is going to be some nasty blowback for the public health service. Currently, there are pending requests for funding for screening and prevention and I just hope this isn't a backended way to avoid the funding by blaming it on some gay students. The ability of many of those kids to be out of the closet has helped prevent teen suicides and acts to facilitate disease prevention efforts because you it is easier to identify the at risk subjects. The biggest adolescent health problem right now has been a spike in female HIV and pregnancy. I hope the government, particularly the minister of finance, listens to the Ministry of Health and provides the necessary funding. We really need to get back to basics and start teaching that unprotected sexual relations lead to health problems.

The rise in adolescent crime and violence is a no brainer. there are insufficient facilities and resources available to encourage healthy extracurricular activities. The jobs that kids used to be able to do part time, are not there anymore. The economic problems have caused many adults to drop down and accept the jobs the teenagers used to take on. What we see is a manifestation of a strained national economy plagued by underemployment.

Edited March 6, 2010 by geriatrickid

[moskito]

"improper content on TV programs"

Can't pretend that I have any answers but alot of my Thai friends have young children and they are invariably awake late gawping at the tv watching Thai soaps with mum and dad. I don't think it can be anything but a negative influence for the youngsters.

my first thought too. If anyone ever watched this crap in Thai TV he will understood imidiately why the next generation is like it is.

There is NO soap without violence, rape or mafia guys. Always boxing women and shoot everything what moves. Everybody is rich there and the girls stay in bed all day before they go out shopping in their Mercedes or BMWs

These Chinese made TV shows are even worse as ALL jooish produced ones could be.....brainless sh_t to produce brainless people.

what a difference from japanese or korean TV where lotz of educational programs run....go on Thailand it will be much worse in future with the kids

[elkangorito]

Dr. Amornwit Nakhontap, director of Ramjitti Institute, said the sex trade, sexual harassment, and violence amongst young Thais is a serious problem for Thai society and blamed the increase on the accessibility of “hazardous media such as pornography on the internet and improper content on TV programs” for the increase.

Wouldn't it be an idea to find out why people are being lured to such "hazardous" material instead of making morallistic assumptions? Maybe this is only the doctor's assumption & maybe people aren't being lured to such hazardous material?

All of this smacks of an ensuing "moral crackdown", which upon fruition, will only exacerbate the perceived problems.

Pain & upset are normally the result of humans trying to "freeze" their lives into a perfect form. Less allowance of change = more pain & upset.

I also thoroughly agree with geriatrickid's comments.

Edited March 6, 2010 by elkangorito

[brahmburgers]

"improper content on TV programs"

Can't pretend that I have any answers but alot of my Thai friends have young children and they are invariably awake late gawping at the tv watching Thai soaps with mum and dad. I don't think it can be anything but a negative influence for the youngsters.

I would agree on your comments,as these soap operas tend to be hi-so and above the law

I also agree. Soap operas on Thai TV (imported and home-grown) are awful influences and are watched myopically for hours on end by all ages. I'd add that videos are probably worse. Other than a few comedy vids, nearly all show blatant violence, sexually aggressive, and manipulating behavior - as if those are things to aspire towards. some of those terrible movies are made overseas, some made here in Thailand.

How to get young Thais to embrace Buddhist qualities like non-violence, non attachment, right behavior, right attitude? I have some ideas, but it would entail too many words to fit in here.

Individually or in small groups, young Thais are fine - particularly when interacting with farang. It's other scenarios, with peer pressure and drugs (alcohol mainly), that their passions get inflamed, and regrettable things happen.

Even having said all that, I'll admit sure did some dumb ass things in my youth - though I like to think I grew out of it. By my early 20's, I embraced Buddhism, stopped drinking and smoking (both kinds) and cleaned up my diet. Let's hope the destructive behavior mentioned in the article is short-lived, and many snap out of it by their early 20's. Though STD's (though sexually transmitted diseases) don't go away by simply cleaning up one's act.

Some people will poo poo on this idea, but eating MSG-laden foods doesn't help the equation. Perhaps most people don't have a reaction, but certainly some do. Common symptoms: headaches, irritatableness, insomnia, quick to anger, weak and quick pulse. I know first hand. Even when Thai cooks say there's no MSG in a dish, it probably has MSG, as MSG is in nearly every sauce in a Thai kitchen, and there are no Thai kitchens without a lot of sauce bottles.

Edited March 6, 2010 by brahmburgers

[Squigy]

"improper content on TV programs"

Can't pretend that I have any answers but alot of my Thai friends have young children and they are invariably awake late gawping at the tv watching Thai soaps with mum and dad. I don't think it can be anything but a negative influence for the youngsters.

I would agree on your comments,as these soap operas tend to be hi-so and above the law

I also agree. Soap operas on Thai TV (imported and home-grown) are awful influences and are watched myopically for hours on end by all ages. I'd add that videos are probably worse. Other than a few comedy vids, nearly all show blatant violence, sexually aggressive, and manipulating behavior - as if those are things to aspire towards. some of those terrible movies are made overseas, some made here in Thailand.

How to get young Thais to embrace Buddhist qualities like non-violence, non attachment, right behavior, right attitude? I have some ideas, but it would entail too many words to fit in here.

Individually or in small groups, young Thais are fine - particularly when interacting with farang. It's other scenarios, with peer pressure and drugs (alcohol mainly), that their passions get inflamed, and regrettable things happen.

Even having said all that, I'll admit sure did some dumb ass things in my youth - though I like to think I grew out of it. By my early 20's, I embraced Buddhism, stopped drinking and smoking (both kinds) and cleaned up my diet. Let's hope the destructive behavior mentioned in the article is short-lived, and many snap out of it by their early 20's. Though STD's (though sexually transmitted diseases) don't go away by simply cleaning up one's act.

Some people will poo poo on this idea, but eating MSG-laden foods doesn't help the equation. Perhaps most people don't have a reaction, but certainly some do. Common symptoms: headaches, irritatableness, insomnia, quick to anger, weak and quick pulse. I know first hand. Even when Thai cooks say there's no MSG in a dish, it probably has MSG, as MSG is in nearly every sauce in a Thai kitchen, and there are no Thai kitchens without a lot of sauce bottles.

I have lived in a Issan village for a few years and have seen the education standards of kids drop in the village. I blame that on very unqualified teachers on one part and on the other kids who do not wish to learn at all. (Boring for them and they see no future in studying)

How many times a week have I seen kids coming home early from school or not going at all because teachers have not turned up or else the Director wants a day or two off.

Also a good percentage of pre teenage and post teenage kids are addicted to alchol and drugs, This says a lot of the parenting in villages.

In most cases you will find that the father of these kids went down the same road and the kids just think it normal to get drunk or high. Mothers have no thought for discpline whatsover.

I am sorry to say that these kids today will have sex, produce and those kids will be exactly the same as themselves. It is a wicked circle that is very hard to break in rural Thailand.

More discpline is needed to be installed in these kids through the schools and through the Head of the Village.

Schools who do not produce educated kids should be shut down and the teachers fired!

Corruption also must be stamped out in these so called Universties in rural Thailand. Lecturers taking money and sex to pass kids.. I mean how will that help these kids in the future. It will only make there parents happy in the knowledge that their kids have passed.

Teachers and Parents are to blame for this mess and to me a survey just highlights those points.

[mahtin]

To be honest this survey would find the same results in most citys of the world.

Somehow I doubt that belief in karmic destiny would figure in other surveys.

[slapout]

Most of the survivors upon reaching their mid to late twenties will fit in quite well with the rest of society.

[mccw]

To be honest this survey would find the same results in most citys of the world.

38 percent of graduates non-vergins and 50 something percent believe its immoral to co-habit before marrage! quite a conservative society still then!!

[mccw]

To be honest this survey would find the same results in most citys of the world.

Somehow I doubt that belief in karmic destiny would figure in other surveys.

Karmic destiny - "wats dat?.....errr .... a purfume or sumfing"?, probable reply of average uk teenage girl in the street.

[richieudon]

I agree with your post 100% squigy. Especially the part about mothers not wanting to discipline their kids, especially the boys. It also seems that if you pay for education up here in the boonies, you have the right to bring your child to school whatever time you want. This is at an early age, say 5 year olds. But you have to start as you mean to carry on otherwise it breeds indiscipline..

I also see many kids climbing over the school wall at just after 9am, many, many. I've seen 14 year olds, boys and girls checking out the "Resorts" of which there are many advertising 3 hours for 150 baht. Some of the owners of these places should be ashamed of themselves but, alas, it's all money to them....

"improper content on TV programs"

Can't pretend that I have any answers but alot of my Thai friends have young children and they are invariably awake late gawping at the tv watching Thai soaps with mum and dad. I don't think it can be anything but a negative influence for the youngsters.

I would agree on your comments,as these soap operas tend to be hi-so and above the law

I also agree. Soap operas on Thai TV (imported and home-grown) are awful influences and are watched myopically for hours on end by all ages. I'd add that videos are probably worse. Other than a few comedy vids, nearly all show blatant violence, sexually aggressive, and manipulating behavior - as if those are things to aspire towards. some of those terrible movies are made overseas, some made here in Thailand.

How to get young Thais to embrace Buddhist qualities like non-violence, non attachment, right behavior, right attitude? I have some ideas, but it would entail too many words to fit in here.

Individually or in small groups, young Thais are fine - particularly when interacting with farang. It's other scenarios, with peer pressure and drugs (alcohol mainly), that their passions get inflamed, and regrettable things happen.

Even having said all that, I'll admit sure did some dumb ass things in my youth - though I like to think I grew out of it. By my early 20's, I embraced Buddhism, stopped drinking and smoking (both kinds) and cleaned up my diet. Let's hope the destructive behavior mentioned in the article is short-lived, and many snap out of it by their early 20's. Though STD's (though sexually transmitted diseases) don't go away by simply cleaning up one's act.

Some people will poo poo on this idea, but eating MSG-laden foods doesn't help the equation. Perhaps most people don't have a reaction, but certainly some do. Common symptoms: headaches, irritatableness, insomnia, quick to anger, weak and quick pulse. I know first hand. Even when Thai cooks say there's no MSG in a dish, it probably has MSG, as MSG is in nearly every sauce in a Thai kitchen, and there are no Thai kitchens without a lot of sauce bottles.

I have lived in a Issan village for a few years and have seen the education standards of kids drop in the village. I blame that on very unqualified teachers on one part and on the other kids who do not wish to learn at all. (Boring for them and they see no future in studying)

How many times a week have I seen kids coming home early from school or not going at all because teachers have not turned up or else the Director wants a day or two off.

Also a good percentage of pre teenage and post teenage kids are addicted to alchol and drugs, This says a lot of the parenting in villages.

In most cases you will find that the father of these kids went down the same road and the kids just think it normal to get drunk or high. Mothers have no thought for discpline whatsover.

I am sorry to say that these kids today will have sex, produce and those kids will be exactly the same as themselves. It is a wicked circle that is very hard to break in rural Thailand.

More discpline is needed to be installed in these kids through the schools and through the Head of the Village.

Schools who do not produce educated kids should be shut down and the teachers fired!

Corruption also must be stamped out in these so called Universties in rural Thailand. Lecturers taking money and sex to pass kids.. I mean how will that help these kids in the future. It will only make there parents happy in the knowledge that their kids have passed.

Teachers and Parents are to blame for this mess and to me a survey just highlights those points.

[whatsupdoc]

The poll also found the number of high school students continuing their education at university level increased by almost 8 percent, from 76 percent of students in 2008 to 82 percent in 2009.

Let's hope their maths improves!

Going from 76 to 82 is about an 8% increase over the original number. Maybe your math could also use some improvement?

[mca]

The only slightly encouraging aspects to the survey found that ..... those believing in karmic destiny had increased from 60 percent in 2008 to 62 percent in 2009.

The survey also found that an average of 11 young people a day were killed in accidents involving motorcycles, with 4,019 killed in 2009.

I can see those road fatality figures going up then.......

[Squigy]

Why is this:

The number of openly homosexual students in the classroom is also on the rise, with about 45 percent of students at secondary and graduate levels having homosexual classmates.

According to Dr. Amornwit, "on average, every student has at least three homosexual classmates, and the number is increasing"

Followed by this:

The only slightly encouraging aspects to the survey...

And how the fuc_k is the fact that

those believing in karmic destiny had increased from 60 percent in 2008 to 62 percent in 2009.

encouraging? Any other repressive medieval belief systems which are going to be promoted?

The belief system that is mentioned in these posts has run out of steam and belief. If you have these robbed guys going about with credit cards,smoking drinking alchol and taking part in political demonstrations,,, sorry that is the bloddy end for me and I refuse to give up my back seat or front seat in a public bus to these parasites!!! Today they are being used by the elite in power as a tool to brainwash the Thai rural community.

[Squigy]

Why is this:

The number of openly homosexual students in the classroom is also on the rise, with about 45 percent of students at secondary and graduate levels having homosexual classmates.

According to Dr. Amornwit, "on average, every student has at least three homosexual classmates, and the number is increasing"

Followed by this:

The only slightly encouraging aspects to the survey...

And how the fuc_k is the fact that

those believing in karmic destiny had increased from 60 percent in 2008 to 62 percent in 2009.

encouraging? Any other repressive medieval belief systems which are going to be promoted?

The only reason these guys turn to homosexual behaviour is because of money. Once they have a few Baht behind them of they go to a "resort" and start afresh with a girl who they want to impress. I ask these guys in the village about why they are not interested in the local girls and the answer I always get back is that they have no money to ask a girl out.. (However they always have money to buy alchol and cigs and a bit of Yabba here and there. Priorities all stuffed up and no parental direction.

[tonywebster]

frustration at there being no boing or whistling noise in real life when they crack a joke or trip up leads to frustration and violence.

[Squigy]

frustration at there being no boing or whistling noise in real life when they crack a joke or trip up leads to frustration and violence.

It is a pretty sad situation. The educated farang on this forum who wish to help out in these small villages in Isan and elswhere cannot because no WP no work as we all know.

However I did get a chance to educate these kids two or three times and it was one of the most satisfying work experinces in my life. The kids wanted to be taught by a farang, new ideas, new directions and it was enjoyable for all except the Thai teachers who did not like me being there at all. In some ways it showed them up as being pretty hopless.

[mythBuster]

How might that be possible? Ever seen a Thai soap where women are tortured by default and men beat up their children and spouses.

[scorecard]

I hope this is a case of innacurate reporting.

One of the issues the government has to contend with is an uptick in STIs, HIV and unplanned pregnancies. You have probably seen the reports in TV in the past year. There just isn't enough cash available to respond to everything all at once. If someone is trying to suggest a link between the STIs & HIV and the presence of homos, there is going to be some nasty blowback for the public health service. Currently, there are pending requests for funding for screening and prevention and I just hope this isn't a backended way to avoid the funding by blaming it on some gay students. The ability of many of those kids to be out of the closet has helped prevent teen suicides and acts to facilitate disease prevention efforts because you it is easier to identify the at risk subjects. The biggest adolescent health problem right now has been a spike in female HIV and pregnancy. I hope the government, particularly the minister of finance, listens to the Ministry of Health and provides the necessary funding. We really need to get back to basics and start teaching that unprotected sexual relations lead to health problems.

The rise in adolescent crime and violence is a no brainer. there are insufficient facilities and resources available to encourage healthy extracurricular activities. The jobs that kids used to be able to do part time, are not there anymore. The economic problems have caused many adults to drop down and accept the jobs the teenagers used to take on. What we see is a manifestation of a strained national economy plagued by underemployment.

Agree, plus rampant cunning advertising which pushes teenagers (and others too) to must have the latest mobile phone, the latest fashion etc.

And , easy credit doesn't help. My son has been at Thai university now for nearly 4 years. I guees it's now at 4 times he's been approached on the university campus by the mini skirted sexy credit card agent girl, saying "What's your name, here's your credit card".

My son resists and on most occasions he has taken the card and destroyed it immediately in front of the agent.

His action has every time produced a quite negative response from the sales agent girls (same off-shore bank every time) even producing comments like 'I'll report you to the dean."

On at least one occasion he has responded with "I didn't apply for this credit card, and I don't want it and I'm a student and I don't have any income". The response; "Never mind, ask your father to pay".

It worries me that capitalism has zero ethics.

[animatic]

Squigy I agree with you up untill close the schools.

Fire the teachers, re-educate the headman and get a new teacher.

If cheap ass Thaksin had done that with his NON-PAID taxes in 2006,

there would be a different world in issan now and he would be a god to most eyes.

Instead he chose greed and schools are not improved one jot.

But closing the schools is not the answer, better teachers and tools is the ONLY hope,

regardless of the history of the parents.

I am in the process of educating a young lady,who could have been said to have the

worst possible life and education prospects, and yet in the right school is thriving

and impressing good teachers. There is a decent student in all children, but given no chance,

or mistreatment in school that chance is truly lost.

[animatic]

I hope this is a case of innacurate reporting.

One of the issues the government has to contend with is an uptick in STIs, HIV and unplanned pregnancies. You have probably seen the reports in TV in the past year. There just isn't enough cash available to respond to everything all at once. If someone is trying to suggest a link between the STIs & HIV and the presence of homos, there is going to be some nasty blowback for the public health service. Currently, there are pending requests for funding for screening and prevention and I just hope this isn't a backended way to avoid the funding by blaming it on some gay students. The ability of many of those kids to be out of the closet has helped prevent teen suicides and acts to facilitate disease prevention efforts because you it is easier to identify the at risk subjects. The biggest adolescent health problem right now has been a spike in female HIV and pregnancy. I hope the government, particularly the minister of finance, listens to the Ministry of Health and provides the necessary funding. We really need to get back to basics and start teaching that unprotected sexual relations lead to health problems.

The rise in adolescent crime and violence is a no brainer. there are insufficient facilities and resources available to encourage healthy extracurricular activities. The jobs that kids used to be able to do part time, are not there anymore. The economic problems have caused many adults to drop down and accept the jobs the teenagers used to take on. What we see is a manifestation of a strained national economy plagued by underemployment.

Agree, plus rampant cunning advertising which pushes teenagers (and others too) to must have the latest mobile phone, the latest fashion etc.

And , easy credit doesn't help. My son has been at Thai university now for nearly 4 years. I guees it's now at 4 times he's been approached on the university campus by the mini skirted sexy credit card agent girl, saying "What's your name, here's your credit card".

My son resists and on most occasions he has taken the card and destroyed it immediately in front of the agent.

His action has every time produced a quite negative response from the sales agent girls (same off-shore bank every time) even producing comments like 'I'll report you to the dean."

On at least one occasion he has responded with "I didn't apply for this credit card, and I don't want it and I'm a student and I don't have any income". The response; "Never mind, ask your father to pay".

It worries me that capitalism has zero ethics.

Capitalism is just a type of monetary system.

Ethics are not included in number crunching.

PEOPLE carry ethics in themselves taught by family and schools in theory,

it is THIS lack of ethical entrainment into so many individuals that we should bemoan.

It seems you have taught your son well.

[landofthefree]

"improper content on TV programs"

Can't pretend that I have any answers but alot of my Thai friends have young children and they are invariably awake late gawping at the tv watching Thai soaps with mum and dad. I don't think it can be anything but a negative influence for the youngsters.

my first thought too. If anyone ever watched this crap in Thai TV he will understood imidiately why the next generation is like it is.

There is NO soap without violence, rape or mafia guys. Always boxing women and shoot everything what moves. Everybody is rich there and the girls stay in bed all day before they go out shopping in their Mercedes or BMWs

These Chinese made TV shows are even worse as ALL jooish produced ones could be.....brainless sh_t to produce brainless people.

what a difference from japanese or korean TV where lotz of educational programs run....go on Thailand it will be much worse in future with the kids

Boiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnggggggggggggggggggggggg!!!!!!!!! Need I say more!

[Squigy]

Squigy I agree with you up untill close the schools.

Fire the teachers, re-educate the headman and get a new teacher.

If cheap ass Thaksin had done that with his NON-PAID taxes in 2006,

there would be a different world in issan now and he would be a god to most eyes.

Instead he chose greed and schools are not improved one jot.

But closing the schools is not the answer, better teachers and tools is the ONLY hope,

regardless of the history of the parents.

I am in the process of educating a young lady,who could have been said to have the

worst possible life and education prospects, and yet in the right school is thriving

and impressing good teachers. There is a decent student in all children, but given no chance,

or mistreatment in school that chance is truly lost.

Just hang on a minute.. Why should the rest who wish to progress through these times of trouble in the village have to put up with kids who have no desire to go forward in their education nor teachers who really have no will left in them to teach and who are just in a teaching position so that their families can get free medical treatment at any hospital of their choosing.

No I say kick them out, both teachers and kids who have no desire to fulfil their roles.