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Teachers in Thailand's southern provinces to meet Prime Minister Abhisit on security measures
BANGKOK, Sept 13 -- Representatives of Thailand's teachers federations in the three southern border provinces of Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat will meet Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva at Government House in the capital on Monday to discuss solutions for ending the ongoing violence and attacks on teachers.
The meeting came after two Narathiwat teachers were shot dead by presumed insurgents last Tuesday and 365 schools in the province closed the following day due to the educators' safety concerns. All schools closed in protest were expected to reopen on Monday.
At the meeting, teachers will exchange ideas over the situation in the South and report all problems to the prime minister.
The welfare and other benefits for teachers -- such as higher regular and special pay -- were on the agenda.
Speaking at his “Confidence in Thailand with Prime Minister Abhisit” weekly television programme and broadcast live on the state-owned National Broadcasting Services of Thailand (NBT) TV station and Radio Thailand on Sunday, Mr Abhisit said the meeting would touch on security measures to be provided to teachers and ways to boost morale and providing more incentives to teachers who have been living with the daily possibility of violence since the insurgency resumed than six years ago.
He asked the Education Ministry to study offering more incentives and benefits to teachers in the region, Mr Abhisit said, adding that the security measures had to be stepped up.
Education Minister Chinnaworn Boonyakiat and Deputy Interior Minister Thaworn Senneam visited the teachers in the southernmost provinces in the past week.
Last Tuesday's violence raises the death toll of teachers killed by presumed insurgents to 137 while at least 140 were wounded since January 2004 when the violence re-erupted in the three border provinces, including Yala and Pattani.
The overall death toll rose to at least 4,100 people including local residents, security personnel, teachers as well as known and suspected insurgents.
Mr Abhisit also said he expects to make a one-day visit to the southernmost provinces at the end of this month before attending the United Nations' General Assembly in New York. (MCOT online news)
The meeting came after two Narathiwat teachers were shot dead by presumed insurgents last Tuesday and 365 schools in the province closed the following day due to the educators' safety concerns. All schools closed in protest were expected to reopen on Monday.
At the meeting, teachers will exchange ideas over the situation in the South and report all problems to the prime minister.
The welfare and other benefits for teachers -- such as higher regular and special pay -- were on the agenda.
Speaking at his “Confidence in Thailand with Prime Minister Abhisit” weekly television programme and broadcast live on the state-owned National Broadcasting Services of Thailand (NBT) TV station and Radio Thailand on Sunday, Mr Abhisit said the meeting would touch on security measures to be provided to teachers and ways to boost morale and providing more incentives to teachers who have been living with the daily possibility of violence since the insurgency resumed than six years ago.
He asked the Education Ministry to study offering more incentives and benefits to teachers in the region, Mr Abhisit said, adding that the security measures had to be stepped up.
Education Minister Chinnaworn Boonyakiat and Deputy Interior Minister Thaworn Senneam visited the teachers in the southernmost provinces in the past week.
Last Tuesday's violence raises the death toll of teachers killed by presumed insurgents to 137 while at least 140 were wounded since January 2004 when the violence re-erupted in the three border provinces, including Yala and Pattani.
The overall death toll rose to at least 4,100 people including local residents, security personnel, teachers as well as known and suspected insurgents.
Mr Abhisit also said he expects to make a one-day visit to the southernmost provinces at the end of this month before attending the United Nations' General Assembly in New York. (MCOT online news)
