Project Educational grant to improve student potential for access to education process

By Free School Project, Mirror Foundation, Chiang Rai

Responsible persons

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Background analysisNowadays,

the world has changed fast especially material-wise has developed and created several new technologies. It is necessary that education management in school has to change learning process, and teaching style to improve the quality of the students. Currently, the direction of educational improvement is under Constitution of the Kingdom of Thailand B.E. 2540 and the National Education Act B.E. 2542 which apply according to National Economic and Social Development Plan No. 9 (B.E. 2545-2549) that use sufficiency economy to improve to international level but on Thai basis so that people will be smart, live happily, and have a good life to make Thailand a society of quality, freedom, learning, solidarity, and generosity under good management.

In 2008, the Mirror Foundation attended Free Schools Literacy Project which is first established in India because the foundation agrees in the principle and realises that this is an opportunity for children in the remote areas in Thailand, especially in hill area in the Northern part of Thailand so the children will receive a necessary education. The foundation believes that illiteracy will deprive the children of the opportunity and create the cycle of poverty. Also, the children will be taken advantage, oppressed and endlessly prone to human rights violations.

Framework and concept of teaching arrangement will focus on using local resources including places and teachers. For timing arrangement and curriculum will be appropriately designed to be suitable for the context of the community. The patterns and process operations of the project include study, research and select remote communities that are difficult for the children to get access to the education. Also, the project will coordinate community and several departments in the areas. Then the project will select and hire teachers who are local personnel. Also, there will be resource gathering such as teaching materials from local people to encourage and support people in the society to realise and be part of the support and share educational opportunity to children in remote areas through fund-raising activities in the society. To smoothen the process of each learning centre so that it will deliver education at its full potential, the project will provide advice, will follow, and continuously supports teachers and communities.

Now the Freeschool Project, the Mirror Foundation has a total of 7 learning centre to support teacher. It is 1 area to 1 teacher ratio. It has 1000 children who come from different hill-tribe groups such as Arka, Lahu, Thai Yai, and Daraung.

Most children are from poor background. Their family does not have arable land. Some families live with employer’s orange farm, lychee farm, or longan farm. Many families do not have the rights concerning personal status and their labour is being oppressed. The wage they receive is small compared with the daily work they have to do. Accordingly, the living conditions are poor, children are hungry.

Some children often have to skip classes because they have to be labour to help and support their family. Some family realise how important education is. However, due to the poverty, they cannot afford their children's higher education as they wish.

The ongoing problems and feedbacks from local teachers lead us, the Mirror Foundation, to ask generous people in the society to donate study grant to children I Free School areas.

1000=1 dream of a student. He/ she will have educational opportunity. The grant will change a life of a child. He/she will have a better life without limitations due partly to poverty.

1 grant = 1000 (Baht) = filling one child educational dream. You can be part of the dream creation t support study grant of the children through donation to saving account Krung Thai Bank, Hayakporkhunmengrai Branch, account number 539-1-19090-8, account name Kongtoon Dek Doi

Free School Project, the Mirror Foundation does not have a policy of using this donated money to arrange or precede other projects or activities that do not relate to this Free School Project

Student Selection Process We will mainly consider the student’s level of poverty and his/her determination to learn, regardless of their transcripts.

1. Objectives

1. To create educational opportunities

2. To cultivate values to children and family to realise the importance of the education

3. To encourage, support, and motivate students and family with poor backgrounds to study

1. Expected results

1. Students receive educational opportunities

2. Children and family realise values and the importance of the education

3. Students and family with poor backgrounds are encouraged, supported, and motivated to study

1. Target group

80 students under Free School Project include

5.1 10 students from โรงเรียนบ้านห้วยศาลาต.ท่าตอน อ.แม่อายจ.เชียงใหม่

5.2 10 students from โรงเรียนบ้านห้วยฮ่อม ต.แม่งอน อ.ฝาง จ.เชียงใหม่

5.3 10 students from โรงเรียนชุมชนบ้านแม่สุนหลวง สาขาบ้านเด่นเวียงชัย

5.4 10 students from Learning centre of ชุมชนชาวไทยภูเขา "แม่ฟ้าหลวง" บ้านห้วยทราย

5.5 10 students from Community learning centre of ชุมชนชาวไทยภูเขา "แม่ฟ้าหลวง" บ้านแม่แฮง

5.6 10 students from Community learning centre of ชุมชนชาวไทยภูเขา "แม่ฟ้าหลวง" แม่ฝางหลวง

5.7 10 students from Centre for disadvantaged children บ้านสันมะกอกหวาน ต.แม่งอน อ.ฝาง จ.เชียงใหม่

5.8 10 Special case students in the areas

1. Goals

1. 80 grants worth 1000 Baht each for students in the project, semester 1

2. 80 grants worth 1000 Baht each for students in the project, semester 1

Total 160,000 Baht (one-hundred-sixty-thousand baht in total)

1. Activity date from June 1, 2016 to November 15, 2016

1. Venue

7.1 โรงเรียนบ้านห้วยศาลา ตำบลท่าตอน อำเภอแม่อาย จังหวัดเชียงใหม่

7.2 โรงเรียนบ้านห้วยฮ่อมตำบลแม่งอน อำเภอฝาง จังหวัดเชียงใหม่

7.3 โรงเรียนชุมชนบ้านแม่สุนหลวง สาขาบ้านเด่นเวียงชัย

7.4 Learning Centre ชาวไทยภูเขา "แม่ฟ้าหลวง"บ้านห้วยทรายตำบลแม่ทะลบ อำเภอไชยปราการ จังหวัดเชียงใหม่

7.5 Community Learning Centre การเรียนชุมชนชาวไทยภูเขา "แม่ฟ้าหลวง" บ้านแม่แฮงต.แม่สาว อ.แม่อาย จังหวัดเชียงใหม่

7.6 Community Learning Centre ชาวไทยภูเขา "แม่ฟ้าหลวง" แม่ฝางหลวงตำบลศรีดงเย็น อำเภอไชยปราการ จังหวัดเชียงใหม่ Centre for disadvantaged children

7.7 Centre for disadvantaged children บ้านสันมะกอกหวาน ต.แม่งอน อ.ฝาง จ.เชียงใหม่
7.8 Students in need in the areas of the Mirror Foundation

1. Monitoring and evaluation
   Observe the behaviour of the students and the environment of the family in encouraging and supporting students and realise the importance of the education. There will be coordination between local teachers, family and the students who receive the grant.

2. Responsible persons

9.1 พลวัฒน์ ล้วนศรี Tel. 093-1406810 E-Mail : krusailom@gmail.com

9.2 Miss Orrakanya Sukharat Tel. 086-1816195 E-Mail : Sukharat.r@gmail.com

9.3 นายกำพล สุแก้ว Tel. 096-8083004 E-Mail : tonsung@bannok.com

Contact and coordination

Free School Project, the Mirror Foundation

241 moo 1 Maeyao subdistric Muang chiangrai distric Chiangrai Province 57100

Tel./Fax : 053-737616 Email : tonsung@bannok.com

http://www.themirrorfoundation.org/