On July 11th, 2011, Ms. Churairat Sangboonnum, the Deputy Permanent Secretary for
Education, presided over a signing ceremony of an MOA. At the same time the
Deputy Permanent Secretary also presented flags to schools under the Project on
Voluntary Schools on Narcotics Prevention in Bangkok. In attendance was Pol Lt-
General Worapong Chiewpreecha, the Assistant Police Chief from the Royal Thai
Police, Mr. Permpong Chaovalit, and Deputy Secretary General from the Office of the
Narcotics Control Board and schools administrators. The event took place at Professor ML
Pin Malakul Meeting Room in the Rachamangalapisek Building.
The Deputy Permanent Secretary stated that the Government recognized the
importance of the eradication of narcotics in educational institutes. She further stated
that it was an urgent issue under the five-fence policy which was initiated by the
Ministry of Education. In this regard, 58 role model schools have been selected and
will aim specifically at preventing and solving narcotics problems in Bangkok. The
activities in relation to moving forward the desirable goals are operated under “4
MUSTs - 2 NOs” as follows”: 4 MUSTs consisted of Educational institutes must
initiate a strategy on preventing and solving narcotics problems in response to the
problem and its location contexts; Educational institutes must prepare a clear
narcotics prevention plan; Education institutes must develop a working system which
covers the 4 systems; a protection system, a watching system, a student assistance
system and an administration system; also networking between students, parents, and
the local community. In addition, the 2 NOs are as follows: No problematic avoidance
and No students to be allowed to leave schools, they must also attend a narcotics
control course and thereafter return for normal classes.