Private sector corruption watchdog urges PM to scrap school enrollment by special condition

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The National Anti-Corruption Network (NACN), a private sector corruption watchdog, yesterday called on Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha to revoke the current enrollment by special conditions for students in popular and famous public schools with reasons that such enrollment procedure allows school directors to corrupt.

 

The call by the NACN came after the director of a public school in Bangkok was accused by a parent of a student that he paid 400,000 baht to the director as donation in exchange for his son to be enrolled in the school under the special condition. However no receipt was issued by the school for his donation. The director was later removed, pending investigation.

 

In the letter submitted to the prime minister via Government House official, the secretary-general of the private sector watchdog Mr Mongkolkij Suksintaranon called on Gen Prayut to conduct probes over parents’ complaints on school graft, in which some parents are allowed to pay tea money in exchange for seats in the famous state schools for their children.

 

Full story: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/private-sector-corruption-watchdog-urges-pm-scrap-school-enrollment-special-condition/

 

-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2017-06-27

Zone the schools... if you live in the zone, automatic entry...basic problem solved. Children spend time to study not travel. House prices, well that's another issue for the market to take care of!!

3 hours ago, webfact said:

that such enrollment procedure allows school directors to corrupt.

not allows,, 'encourages'

"Private sector corruption watchdog urges PM to scrap school enrollment by special condition"

 

Scrap it!  It shouldn't have been allowed in the first place.  

 

We had the "11 Plus" in the UK, which was an exam taken in the last year at junior school.  If you passed, you went to a grammar school, if not, you went to a comprehensive school.  Here, a student could be as thick as pig-<deleted> and get into university.  Thainess at its best.

 

Honestly, I would worry more about competent graduates

The National Anti-Corruption Network should ask the PM about his brother's business deals instead, would be more entertaining or about the submarine or Chinese train deals not to mention the Ratchapakdi Park in Prachuab Khiri Khan.