Buddhist Ceremony for Education

(20/03/2013)

On 15 March 2013 at Panya Worakhun School in Bangkok, the Deputy Permanent Secretary of Education, Mrs. Siriporn Kitkuakul, chaired a ceremony to commemorate the founding of Panya Worakhun School. She presented honorary certificates to the school's administrators, teachers and contributors as well as attending a Buddhist ceremony to offer robes to monks in order to raise funds for education,.

Mrs. Siriporn said that this school had been creating high quality students for 44 years thanks to the great and constant contributions from many people. She also said that the Buddhist ceremony would bear productive results for education and would help develop the national education of Thai children.

Mrs. Siriporn added that this school had a nice environment and enjoyed the assistance and cooperation of the local community in developing its education. She suggested that the school should build an honorary museum for contributors and former students who had dedicated themselves to the school. This will make the students proud and recognize the strong relationship between the school and its surrounding community.

Founded on 15 March 1969, Panya Worakhun School is supervised by Local Office of Education Service Area 1 of the Office of the Basic Education Commission (OBEC). With Mr. Khajitphan Suwansiriphak as the director, the school offers courses at secondary level from Grades 7 to 12. At present, 2,300 students attend the school.