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Eastern Seaboard Industrial Estate (Rayong) provides new semester contribution

City administration meets to measure quality of education

AFT-ERC treats children at the Pattaya Orphanage to a BBQ

Eastern Seaboard Industrial Estate (Rayong) provides new semester contribution

Hemaraj’s executive team and customers of Eastern Seaboard Industrial Estate (Rayong) organized a contribution of stationary sets and backpacks to 3,951 kindergarten, primary and secondary students attending 21 schools in the estate’s vicinity. The presentation, made last month, is an annual project coordinated by Hemaraj Land and Development PLC to show its commitment to supporting Thai students’ education.


City administration meets to measure quality of education

Laor Thongpradap

The city administration recently gathered to discuss just how adequate the educational curriculum in local schools is and how it might be improved.

Deputy Mayor Wattana Jantanawaranont presided over a meeting to evaluate local education.

The practical meeting, titled “measuring the quality of education in Zone 12”, was held at the Sriwara Room, Town in Town Hotel. Pattaya’s deputy mayor Wattana Jantanawaranont presided over the meeting.

Participants included the director of the local education office of the Ministry of Interior Tawatchai Rattanyoo and representatives of municipal schools in zone 12. This educational jurisdiction covers 8 provinces in the Eastern region.

At the 4-day meeting, from June 18-21, education promotion committees conceived an operational plan to evaluate and upgrade education in these municipal schools. Results of the evaluation will be submitted to the Department of Provincial Administration.


AFT-ERC treats children at the Pattaya Orphanage to a BBQ

Suchada Tupchai

Twenty members of the Association of Filipinos in Thailand - Eastern Region Chapter, led by Virginia Sorensen, treated the children at the Pattaya Redemptorist Foundation to a barbeque lunch.

Virginia Sorensen, president of the AFT-ERC handed out gifts to the children.

The association also organized a number of fun activities and games just for the orphans. More than 200 girls and boys participated in the event and enjoyed playing games, dancing and the barbeque buffet.

“This is the second time we have organized a barbeque party for the orphans”, Mrs. Sorensen said. “We would like to help these kids feel secure and know that they have equal opportunities as other children with parents.”

Members of the Association of Filipinos in Thailand - Eastern Region Chapter treated children at the Pattaya Redemptorist Foundation to a barbeque lunch.