I conducted interviews with three Thai parents that are teachers at Assumption College Primary section as well. One Thai teacher, who has worked at Assumption College Primary section for over 15 years, said that she is in favor of the no fail policy purely because of the financial aspects of being held back. This teacher is 42 years old and has a 12 year old son who attends ACP. Her main argument was that private school in Thailand is so
expensive that parents cannot afford to have their children fail. I spoke with another Thai teacher and parent, who is 45 years old, and has a son that is 14 years old. His son attends Assumption Matayom. This teacher said he does not agree with social promotion because he believes that the students are much lazier now than they were when this policy did not exist in Thailand. He also mentioned that literacy rates were much higher in Thailand before the no fail policy was implemented. This teacher has also been with ACP for 18 years. A third teacher- parent that I spoke with said that she thinks that social promotion is acceptable in order to ensure the psychological well being of the students. This teacher is 32 years old and has worked at Assumption College Primary Section for 7 years. She has a daughter that is not school age as of now. All three teachers did not agree with the current policy of three day summer school. They alleged that students who have not mastered subject content should re-learn the entire summer term and then re-test.