Thai Education Ministry focuses on safety in the deep South

Education Ministry focuses on safety in the deep South
By Chularat Saengpassa 
The Nation

Deputy Minister links gain in students’ test scores to new security policy since 2014Chularat Saengpassa

BANGKOK: -- MAINTAINING STUDENTS’ academic performance in the violence-hit deep South has been no easy task. 

In pursuit of that goal, Deputy Education Minister Lt-General Surachet Chaiwong has decided to focus on safety when addressing education problems in the region. As soon as he was given the portfolio in 2014 and assigned to deal with education in the southern border provinces, the minister immediately prioritised safety and set up the Forward Command of the Education Ministry. 

He has been spending most of his time in the deep South since taking office, and in the past two years or so his efforts have yielded fruit. 

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