EDUCATIONAL ROLE OF BUDDHIST MONASTERY AND MONKS FOR EDUCATION-DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN IN MAESOT BORDER AREA
Keywords:
education-disadvantaged children, welfare education, multicultural educationAbstract
Education welfare has played an important role of Thai Buddhist monks from the past to the present. This study focuses on the on-site study to analyze the role of education welfare at Buddhist monastery and monks in the Maesot border area for educational disadvantaged children. From the study, it was found that the characteristics of educational disadvantaged children in Maesot border area composed of poor children, unregistered children, Thai hill tribe children, and abandoned children. the difficulties in education factors were from: (1) differences in ethnicity, language and culture, (2) poverty, (3) unfavorable area for teaching and learning, (4) shortage of teachers, (5) the curriculums were inappropriate with children, and (6) children not having Thai registration status. from this educational disadvantage, temples and monks in the Maesot border area have played an education welfare supporting role in three types as follows: (1) Buddhist Sunday school, (2) charity private school of buddhist monastery, and (3) child development center within temple with numerous agencies both public and private being involved in supporting. however, education arranged by buddhist monastery and monks is inadequate. the results of this study provide an important approach to enhance educational opportunities for children in the border areas through multicultural education. this approach will also help to resolve the problem of ethnic differences, language and culture of the children in maesot border area. this will also provide opportunities for disadvantaged children to access the local education system more evenly.
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