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School teachers around this country are living in fear of insurgent violence, said Boon Som , the chairman of Confederation of Teachers of the Three Southern Border Provinces. He is including to four teachers who had been honored this year for their dedication to the education. It will announce on Teachers Day on Jan 16. Mr Bonsom has suffered under prolonged insurgency. Since 2004 147 teachers had killed in far South.

“I have been chased for two or three times,” said him. In the southern most provinces there are about 30,000 teachers risking their lives on a daily basis. “One teacher told me if she looked at her family before she is going to work due to she did not know if she would them again in the evening,” said him. “Sometimes I want to leave but I was born here, so I will not leave my students and hometown behind.”

Another honored teacher is Kanit Chang-ngoen, the headmaster of Ban Mae Klongkee Border Police School in Tak’s Umphang district. This school is 3 km from the border of Burma. “Ethnic conflicts are happening on the border and people are too scared even to go outside,” said him. Patrol police and soldiers had visited them but they could not guarantee the safety of their children. This school has 347 students and 60 of them are stateless.

The teacher award also will give to Prayoon Suthaboon, director of Udomsitthisuksa School in Kanchanaburi’s Sangkhla Buri district. He should take care 1,081 students from any cultural backgrounds. The students are highlanders, Mon, Burmese and Muslims. Most of them are poor. He designed three school learning systems. The system correlated with students’ background, learning program at school, at home and at work places where these children help their parents. Last award receiver is Porameth Srihawong, director of Anuban Phayu School in Si Sa Ket’s Phayu district. He tried to solve illiteracy problems for disabled students. The teachers will receive 300,000 baht in cash, a golden plaque, plate and a certificate from Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra.

News by Bangkok Post