Primary school & high school students would attend army camps aimed at reducing at fighting between schools, in new program by Navy
Primary school and high school students would be required to attend army camps to address violence between feuding schools, in an educational training program being rolled out by the Navy. Two army
camps for students are planned, according to Capt Virat Somchit, commander of the Royal Thai Navy's Naval Rating School for non-commissioned officers in Chon Buri's Sattahip district.
MANDATORY CONSCRIPTION FOR HIGH-SCHOOLERS NOT ATTENDING Under the so-called Lai Plang (camouflage) model targeting mainly boys, students who graduate from primary school and are moving to Mathayom 1
and those who completed Mathayom 3 and are moving on to Mathayom 4, will be required to attend an army camp lasting between seven to 14 days
Students who fail to attend the compulsory camps will be barred from studying the territorial defence student programme and must undergo mandatory conscription when they turn 20, Capt Virat said