Education Minister Nataphol Teepsuwan said the plan was to hire assistant teachers for six months on a monthly salary of Bt9,000. The budget for the employment scheme totals just over Bt500 million, enough to hire around 10,000 teachers. 
The scheme was assigned on Wednesday (May 20), in line with the prime minister’s directive that all ministries should do what they can to help unemployed people during the virus crisis. 
The minister added that the extra teachers would be useful when the Covid-19 pandemic subsides and children return for the new term at primary schools, where the teacher-student ratio should rise from one teacher per 20 students to three per 20.

Education Ministry hiring 10,000 asst teachers during virus crisis

The Education Ministry will hire 10,000 assistant teachers for primary schools as a way of helping unemployed educators amid the Covid-19 crisis.