PUBLISHED: 1 Jan 2025 at 06: 52
As the Education Ministry intensifies efforts to get as many students as possible back into college next year under the president’s Thailand Zero Dropout Policy, more than 360, 000 kids have been brought up to schools.
A study by the Ministry found that a total of 1, 025, 514 toddlers aged 3-18 dropped away in 2024. Of them, 767, 304 were Thai babies, and the rest were the children of international citizens.
Of the Thai babies, 365, 231 or 47.6 % were brought back to school, while the rest are also excluded from the country’s compulsory education system. For foreign children, 31, 816 or 12.32 % returned to school.
Addressing the issue of university dropouts is a part of the president’s” Thai Zero Dropout Campaign,” according to Education Minister Permpoon Chidchob.
He claimed that the government has developed programs to deliver formal, informal, and non-formal education that are customized to each child’s needs and ability in order to return dropouts to school.
” We will guarantee all Thai kids receive forced training”, Pol Gen Permpoon said.
Other than the institutions under the Education Ministry, Niyom Phaisopha, chairman of the Bureau of Basic Education Policy and Planning, said that other institutions are supervised by the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration or are secret schools.
Additionally, Mr. Niyom added that Obec did take their education straight to their residences if school students want to continue their education but are unable to do so for any purpose.
” Flexible courses will become designed to suit their requirements,” he said.