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Commission and the Office of Non-Formal and Informal Education – was to urgently
convert 890 education institutions in 26 affected provinces into shelters for flood victims.
Other agencies involved in education provision, such as the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration,
have also been also been active in providing immediate support to flood victims
in turning their 190 facilities into shelters. Substantial funding from the MOE and individual
institutions has been reallocated to provide emergency support to the operational needs
of these shelters, resulting in major losses in the education sector. The total losses are
estimated at THB 1.798 million.
The capacity to host flood victims varies among shelters, ranging from 10–4,000 people.
Provisions in the shelters include: food, accommodation, basic needs, latrines, medical care,
short-term skill training, transport and security. Some shelters provide separate quarters
for female flood victims and specific female hygienic items are also included in the
survival kits distributed. Most of the users of these shelters had no other alternatives and
the shelters are their temporary solution. Since major flooding came during the school
holiday, disruptions to classes were minimal. For those institutions not used as shelters,
efforts are focusing on moving forward to clean, repair and restore once the water recedes.
In many cases, institutional cleanup efforts are being carried out by administrators,
teachers, students, and parents on a voluntary basis. Other than running the shelters and
debris removal/cleaning, the sector did not incur other losses such as temporary rental of
premises, payment of overtime to teachers, or loss of revenues in private sector schools.
The academic year for both public and private education institutions at all levels will be
adjusted and prolonged to make up for the delay in school opening.
Table 58: Education sector
– Damage and losses
by province in Thai baht,
millions
Province
Ang Thong
Ayuthaya
Bangkok
Chachoengsao
Chai Nat
Kalasin
Khon Kaen
Lop Buri
Maha Sarakham
Nakhon Nayok
Nakhon Pathom
Nakhon Sawan
Nonthaburi
Pathum Thani
Phitsanulok
Phichit
Prachinburi
Roi Et
Samut Sakhon
Saraburi
Singburi
Si Sa Ket
Suphan Buri
Surin
Ubon Ratchathani
Uthai Thani
Total
Damage
16.8
932.2
4,686.1
59.6
34.3
46.4
38.2
121.5
39.4
48.4
234.2
583.2
155.8
5,480.0
87.2
141.5
87.3
5.6
69.5
34.8
25.5
5.2
52.6
0.04
34.8
30.8
13,051.0
Losses
31.5
66.0
603.4
23.2
22.1
14.4
29.2
45.5
14.2
26.1
40.3
73.2
257.8
310.8
20.0
26.6
23.7
15.1
20.0
33.8
19.7
11.9
21.6
3.03
19.7
25.1
1,797.9
Total
48.3
998.2
5,289.5
82.8
56.4
60.8
67.5
167.0
53.6
74.5
274.4
656.4
413.6
5,790.9
107.2
168.1
111.0
20.7
89.5
68.6
45.2
17.1
74.2
3.07
54.5
55.9
14,849.0
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