Online Flak Over Small School Closures In Thailand

[Thai at Heart]

What a sorry state of affairs !! I can see 2 sides to this sad disclosure,

First to say that hundreds of schools are barely managing to stay afloat, one example, A school near me has 30 students, and 1 teacher so look what she has to do, alone has to take different classes, it's impossible, she also cooks the lunch for them-sort of one man band-now who in the world should have to do this.

Not only do the kids suffer from getting better education, is it fair to the teacher-she is brilliant in what she does but is limited to how much she can teach them.

closing the school seems to be the only option. But the big problem is re-location to other state schools, this may vary from 2 kilometers-to 10.

This has been going on in this way for years, so if this is going to happen soon great care is needed find a happy medium, I am afraid the trend with this government is to do it and find later they have to re think about how they did it.

They could always put another teacher in and raise the standard of education far above the rest of Thailand.

On the other hand I don't see 2 to 10 kilometers in a bus to be a problem. I went to a Catholic school for 8 years and by the time I was dropped off at night we had traveled 20 miles. Of course in the morning we only had to travel about 3 miles.

My problem with combining little schools is if they are combining two different schools with students from two Village's and their is animosity between the villages.

I have a friend who married a girl from a village in Issan. The whole village took part in it and the next village over was invited to the celebrations. My friend also hired 4 policemen to keep order between the two villages and sure enough towards the end of the festivities the police men were needed to break up fights between some members of each village.

Big wide world huh?

[ginjag]

What a sorry state of affairs !! I can see 2 sides to this sad disclosure,

First to say that hundreds of schools are barely managing to stay afloat, one example, A school near me has 30 students, and 1 teacher so look what she has to do, alone has to take different classes, it's impossible, she also cooks the lunch for them-sort of one man band-now who in the world should have to do this.

Not only do the kids suffer from getting better education, is it fair to the teacher-she is brilliant in what she does but is limited to how much she can teach them.

closing the school seems to be the only option. But the big problem is re-location to other state schools, this may vary from 2 kilometers-to 10.

This has been going on in this way for years, so if this is going to happen soon great care is needed find a happy medium, I am afraid the trend with this government is to do it and find later they have to re think about how they did it.

They could always put another teacher in and raise the standard of education far above the rest of Thailand.

On the other hand I don't see 2 to 10 kilometers in a bus to be a problem. I went to a Catholic school for 8 years and by the time I was dropped off at night we had traveled 20 miles. Of course in the morning we only had to travel about 3 miles.

My problem with combining little schools is if they are combining two different schools with students from two Village's and their is animosity between the villages.

I have a friend who married a girl from a village in Issan. The whole village took part in it and the next village over was invited to the celebrations. My friend also hired 4 policemen to keep order between the two villages and sure enough towards the end of the festivities the police men were needed to break up fights between some members of each village.

Big wide world huh?

One of the best replies I have ever read.

[ginjag]

Seems to be a funding problem here ?? it being the school, or the alternative transport.

If funds are short, why not spend the 46 million bht GIVEN to the Chinese to rent the Panda for a year here in Thailand. and use that revenue. ???

it is marvelous isn't it that this can happen when the government does not give it's own Elephant and wildlife cares any money, they are using donations.

The point is this is of national importance about funding the schools when I learned of this PANDA outrage.