Don't leave any of the kids behindTwo years and three months. That's how academically far behind poor Thai students are when compared to their richer peers, according to the Programme for International Student Assessment (Pisa). Additionally, Thai students are heavily segregated based on their socio-economic status. Since 2002, Thai schools are entitled to subsidies to cover five areas of tuition, books, learning materials, uniforms and student development activities. PMT has also been adopted by Obec's long-standing poor student subsidy programme to better target its recipients.

Source: Bangkok Post March 03, 2020 00:00 UTC