Teachers Prepare For Reopening With Equipment Out Of Their Pockets

Classrooms with social-distancing rules

Images adapted from: Wanchai Kraisornkhajit

The reopening of schools in Thailand, which was set to happen in May/June, has since been pushed to 1st July 2020.

To reduce the chances of COVID-19 from spreading in classrooms, school staff now must prepare classrooms to abide by social-distancing rules – this includes setting up partitions on tables and locating them at a safe distance from others.

However, not all schools are financially equipped to be able to afford the proper material and furnishings to keep their students safe. For example, Wat Pichai School is unable to afford such items. To fix this, teachers and other staff members have come together to put in their own money to set up classrooms for their students.

Teachers prepare classes with social-distancing rules

Wat Pichai School is a small local school situated in Bueng Kum, in the outskirts district of Bangkok. The school has 220 students in total from pre-elementary school to grade 6 and only has 8 teachers and 2 janitors.

Image credit: Wanchai Kraisornkhajit

Lacking sufficient funds, Sarinrat Dhamrongsinsak, the school’s director, together with other teachers and staff pitched in to help instead.

Image credit: Wanchai Kraisornkhajit

Even though the Teachers had to spend their own money, they were willing to do as they wanted their students to be safe. They have been working together on setting up tables with proper safety features to get ready for the upcoming reopening on 1st July.

Tables with a partition are set far between
Image credit: Wanchai Kraisornkhajit

If you’d like to support the school in any way, you can directly contact Wat Pichai School at +662 377 6160.

Address: 30/1 Seri Thai Road, Soi 2, Bueng Kum sub-district, Bueng Kum district, Bangkok, 10240

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