Executives of Secondary Educational Service Area Offices in Bangkok have requested that the Office of Basic Education Commission (Obec) relax its student intake criteria for the next academic year. One of the revoked conditions for school admissions was that schools can enrol children whose parents make frequent contributions to them. Ratima Panichanurak, director of Bangkok Secondary Educational Service Area Office 2, said Obec should revoke its rule on admitting a minimum percentage of students from surrounding areas. "In some areas, there are not enough students, so schools cannot fulfil this 60% criteria. It would almost certainly widen inequality, and schools cannot only be places for high-performing students, they said.

Source: Bangkok Post October 08, 2019 22:52 UTC