Varsity to aid students
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More than 2,300 students at Prince of Songkla University’s five campuses whose lives have been affected by low rubber prices have registered for financial aid through the university.
The institute’s president, Assoc Prof Chusak Limsakul, yesterday said a university survey of students found the Hat Yai campus had the most number of affected students (1,211).
That was followed by the Pattani campus (803), Phuket (265), Surat Thani (78) and Trang (10).
Deans from the five campuses will attend a meeting with Chusak on Tuesday to outline measures for individual aid payments, the amount of aid based on the degree of impact on individuals in terms of tuition fees, dormitory rent and part-time jobs.
The university, southern Thailand’s largest, has nearly 35,000 students.
An in-depth survey would be conducted later to determine suitable aid payments, he added.
