
Last month, the Office of the Basic Education Commission (OBEC) issued an order to prohibit non-Thai children from attending learning centres and homeschools. This is a blatant violation of children's right to education.
OBEC claimed the move is mandated by the Office of the Education Council (ONEC), a state agency in the Education Ministry in charge of the country's educational policies and directions. This is a lame excuse. As educators, they should have known this move breaches the "Education for All" philosophy.