Pattaya To Spend 1 Million Baht On Youth Literacy Program

Pattaya to spend 1 million baht on youth literacy program

PATTAYA:--Pattaya will spend 1 million baht on a reading and writing program to improve child literacy.

Jintana Maensurin, director of education promotion and acting director of Pattaya Education Office, met with school principals, teachers and bureaucrats to discuss programs for 2012-13 at city hall Oct. 16.

The reading and writing assurance project by the Pattaya Education Office began in all Pattaya schools in 2010 and is aimed at elementary school students.

In its first year, 8,894 students participated and 7,442 passed. In 2011, 2,948 students participated and 2,417 students passed while 531 failed. This year, 8,395 students participated and 7,885 had passed while 510 failed.

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-- Pattaya Mail 2012-10-26