Perhaps it's because the Bangkok-centric media is complacent as the capital is mostly dry, and city residents can live a normal life. This means a large amount of water from the upstream Chao Phraya is diverted into low-lying farmland north of Bangkok. But it's not just farmland that is turned into water-retention areas -- several hundred communities are under water as well. These schools offer basic education to poor children of farmers who couldn't send their kids to study in urban schools which mostly remain dry. It is a result of poor urban planning, bad construction projects that block water flow or ineffective water management.

Source: Bangkok Post November 02, 2017 21:33 UTC