New Education Minister promises more opportunities
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Newly appointed Education Minister Suchart Thada-Thamrongvech on Wednesday pledged to speed up the expansion of educational opportunities for Thai students.
The minister said on his first day of work that he would expedite expanding educational opportunities for students so that they had equal access to education-related resources and funding sources. He pledged to promote skills training, lifelong learning and efficient learning by utilising technologies.
The ministry will offer tablet personal computers to Grade 1 students, he said, adding the project is underway as relevant officials are now coordinating with the Chinese government to reach a government-to-government agreement.
Apart from improving the learning process for students, the policy implementation will also help strengthen and improve teachers’ lives and resolve teachers’ debts.
Suchart promised to tackle drug problems and education-related corruption in schools and educational institutions.
Before heading to the Teachers’ Council of Thailand to deliver the policy statement, the new minister took a public bus to the Ministry of Education, saying he wanted the people to see him as an ordinary man who rides the buses.
Upon arriving at his office, Suchart was warmly welcomed by ministry officials and supporters of the United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD), also known as the Red Shirt movement.
Suchart used a public bus to travel to his ministry on his first day of work on Wednesday, the same tactic he used on his first day as finance minister in the Somchai Wongsawat government.
He was generous enough to pay bus fares for his entourage and reporters.
