School alumnae says not a single parent of 60 students getting receipts for their donations to Samsen Wittayalai School

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School alumnae says not a single parent of 60 students getting receipts for their donations to Samsen Wittayalai School

 

 

BANGKOK: -- An alumnae of Samsen Wittayalai School said that donations for the school is a normal and legal issue if donors get receipts for their contribution.

 

But this year’s contribution was abnormal when none of the donors got the receipts.

 

The alumnae, Chana Wongmusik, confirmed the payment of 400,000 baht donation by a parent to get his child enrolled in the school under a special quota – 60 openings this year for Mathayomsueksa 1 level.

 

Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/school-alumnae-says-not-single-parent-60-students-getting-receipts-donations-samsen-wittayalai-school/

 

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[clockman]

Everybody is for sale? Integrity no word in Thai.

Edited June 21, 2017 by clockman

[Cadbury]

So donations are voluntary and should not be described as "kickbacks" say the school director.

 

"Mr Virote insisted that accepting donations from parents was a normal practice widely acknowledged and it was not kickback."

 

That decoded means your child will not get a seat at the school unless you make a substantial donation and not ask for a receipt.

 

Schools in Thailand are not places of learning. They appear more to be lucrative income institutions for a select few on the school board. Small wonder education in Thailand is in all sorts of trouble.

 

 

Edited June 21, 2017 by Cadbury

[halloween]

A compulsory "donation" is a fee, IMHO, whether you get a receipt or not. And B24 million is not chicken feed.

[Lupatria]

Isn't it a bit naive to expect a receipt for a bribe?

[MarkusAUST]

If the kids actually learned anything at thai schools, it might not be so concerning.

[phetpeter]

Parents wishing to give a donation to the school, should only do so through an approved bank account and only in connection to an ongoing project, such as equipping a classroom with IT and it should be publicly noticed. Why would any parent just donate money to a school for no reason than kindness? It is bribing, or a kick back for special treatment. Directors of schools are nobodies and move on to other schools that open up with better grazing, only doing the job for the extras, most have never been teachers and spend most of their time, going to 'meetings' lunch and drinks. This one has a red plated merc! how did he afford that? Maybe registered for tax purposes as essential school transporter.

[thhMan]

My 2 young ones go to school here... They get smarter during the holidays and tend to dumb back down when school starts

[kamahele]

Nothing like having to make a "donation" to get your kid into a public school........

[mtls2005]

A receipt for a bribe "donation". How quaint.

 

Maybe a deposit slip.

[Baerboxer]

17 hours ago, Cadbury said:

So donations are voluntary and should not be described as "kickbacks" say the school director.

 

"Mr Virote insisted that accepting donations from parents was a normal practice widely acknowledged and it was not kickback."

 

That decoded means your child will not get a seat at the school unless you make a substantial donation and not ask for a receipt.

 

Schools in Thailand are not places of learning. They appear more to be lucrative income institutions for a select few on the school board. Small wonder education in Thailand is in all sorts of trouble.

 

 

 

Some of those schools are actually excellent, with real work ethos, good teachers and pupils receive a good education preparing them for university. These schools usually have good connections to get their pupils into the best universities although many parents I know prefer to send their children overseas for university.

The competition to get in these schools is phenomenal. I know families who have made very very large donations and endowments. These schools have entrance exams and the very best students will get in but the remaining places are up for grabs. Of course parents who support the school and are seen to be supportive as well as contributing will have their offspring looked on more favorably. The school wants the right kind of pupils and families that fit with the schools values and visions.

 

In such context, given where we are, you can imagine how this could get manipulated by some for personal gain. And, from what I've heard, it's usually more than one person that has to be brought on side.

 

 

[Baerboxer]

1 hour ago, kamahele said:

Nothing like having to make a "donation" to get your kid into a public school........

 

Happens everywhere mate, one way or another.

 

In the UK, working for a FTSE 100 household name, an organization that markets it's ethical business philosophy to the point of shoving it down throats, we were "asked" by the Chief Financial Officer to approach major suppliers to see if they would sponsor a table of 10-20 at a charity dinner for his children's very expensive private school. Paying high school fees wasn't enough. If you wanted your kids to be treated the best you needed to be sponsoring or getting sponsors for all the fund raising dues. The fact this breached the code of ethics on several grounds was totally irrelevant to him.

[smutcakes]

I presume like most things this will just die a death. This is probably because the OBEC are quite happy with the flow of donations upwards.

[kevc]

Why would you want your child to go to a school thats priority is to takes bribes, a fine example to set for the way your child is going to be taught.

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[seajae]

we had to enroll our daughter in the best school in the region to ensure she was getting the right subjects taught to be able to get into uni, we were lucky as she was ranked in the top 10 in the exams they all had to sit but she still needed to go to night school virtually every night sand weekends to learn everything required. We paid school fees only bit there were some that had to pay for their kids to make it into the class on something other than intelligence. There was only the one class in all the southern region that was teaching the required subjects, thai education is very poor and those in charge still make a fortune out of it by selling the open positions for students to the highest bidder

[kamahele]

5 hours ago, Baerboxer said:

 

Happens everywhere mate, one way or another.

 

In the UK, working for a FTSE 100 household name, an organization that markets it's ethical business philosophy to the point of shoving it down throats, we were "asked" by the Chief Financial Officer to approach major suppliers to see if they would sponsor a table of 10-20 at a charity dinner for his children's very expensive private school. Paying high school fees wasn't enough. If you wanted your kids to be treated the best you needed to be sponsoring or getting sponsors for all the fund raising dues. The fact this breached the code of ethics on several grounds was totally irrelevant to him.

In the states, a donation big enough to get your name on the side of the building may get your kid into private schools and universities and maybe some public universities (if the kid's grades aren't good enough) but not your average public school elementary, middle or high school. 

[YetAnother]

that is what this place is