Basic school terms won't change for AEC
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Primary and secondary school terms in Thailand won't be changed to open in September under the Asean Economic Community 2015, Chinnapat Bhumirat, chief of the Office of the Basic Education Commission, said yesterday.
There had been talk of elementary and high schools changing their schedules to match univer?sities in the Asean bloc, but after discussions with the nine neighbouring coun?tries, Chinnapat said it wasn’t needed because basic-education institutions rarely see students transferring from country to country like they do for universities.
The Obec chief said basic-school terms around the region are varied, and can mostly be divided into two groups: Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei, which run from January to November, while others, including Thailand, open around May, June or July; Cambodian schools open in October.
