Tight security on first day of school

However, he said, there were some problems: teachers and students had to be protected because insurgents could launch an attack at any time, but some people, especially teachers, chose to stay away from officials, because it is usually security officials who are the target. Yet, Prayuth said the soldiers would do their best to provide security and urged teachers not to go outside the guarded area.
Meanwhile, Yala Teacher’s Federation president Manop Boonthawiroj said almost all the students had showed up on the first day of school and that no students had transferred out of the region to flee the violence because parents still had confidence in schools that were close by.