(01/09/2011)
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group of security officials operating in the deep South of Thailand
have also served as teachers to provide local people with better
education under the “Traveling Teacher” project.
Realizing that education is one of the best ways to improve the situation in the deep South, the Yala 13 Special Task Force Unit under the Fourth Army Area Command’s Internal Security Operations Command, Forward, has launched this project to help ease the shortage of teachers in both local state and private schools. The Traveling Teacher project began in 2010 in Krong Pinang district, Yala province, which is predominantly Muslim. Apart from easing the shortage of teachers, it is also intended to respond to His Majesty the King’s wise advice to “understand, reach out, and develop,” as a way of dealing with problems in the southern border provinces. A great number of students in the deep South attend formal education programs, based on the government curriculum, and at the same time, they also have religious study at local private schools, pondok and tadika. For more than one year, the Yala 13 Special Task Force Unit has sent its staff to teach in 10 state basic education schools, five pondok, and 34 tadika under the Traveling Teacher project. The army teachers provide basic education schools on Wednesdays with training in scout activities, in addition to other subjects, such as mathematics, Thai language, and computer science. They have also arranged other activities to promote the participation of students and enhance relations between young people and soldiers. Among these activities is the improvement of the landscape at pondok and various religious places. The traveling teachers will seek permission from the executives of each school in advance each time they plan to conduct school activities jointly with students. They spend weekends teaching at tadika, with an emphasis on the Thai language. Local parents have welcomed the project, which has impressed local young people and reduce suspicion between security officials and local residents in the community. From an assessment made by the Fourth Army Area Command’s Internal Security Operations Command, Forward, local residents have better understanding about the officials who come to help ease their problems and protect their lives and property. A group of foreign journalists is scheduled to visit Luemu village, Krong Pinang district, on 23 August 2011 to observe the Traveling Doctor and Traveling Teacher projects. There are altogether 205 families in this village, with more than 1,000 residents. They are engaged mainly in rubber planting, fruit farming, and animal husbandry. This community has formed a village committee to help in local development and ensure peace and order. A major school in Luemu was set on fire by a network of perpetrators in May 2005. During the past few years, more local children have attended primary schools, and most of them have continued their studies at the secondary education level after they have completed primary education.  |
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