Ministry clarifies school uniform exemptionA father helps his son try on a new school shirt at Patthavikorn Market in Bangkok’s Bueng Kum district on May 8, 2024, about a week before schools reopened. (Photo: Varuth Hirunyatheb)The Education Ministry clarified on Sunday that its recent letter exempts students from wearing uniforms on a case by case basis and did not "cancel" the school uniform requirement, as claimed on some social media accounts. Siripong Angkasakulkiat, the ministry’s spokesman, said the letter’s subject was “exemption or relaxation of school uniform rules” and nothing in its content said the rule was cancelled. For example, in a family with five children, the parents might not be able to afford school uniforms for all of them at the same time. Many thought the ministry had revoked the school uniforms for good, and that they had therefore wasted money for nothing,” Mr Siripong complained.

Source: Bangkok Post May 20, 2024 02:22 UTC