This primary school is located in the very touristic street of Khaosan Road, right in the center of Bangkok.
The ones who have been in the City of Angels certainly remember the dozens of bars, clubs and clothes stands that make the street so famous and give it this atmosphere of never-ending
parties. But few would have noticed this small school, between two shops.
The school tries to scrap funds to survive under the pressure of businessmen. According to one of the teacher interviewed, they want to close it to build another guesthouse for
tourists.
Let's see some shots of an everyday life at Phimarnvit Primary school.
Thursday,
September 10, 2009
August (left), 5-years-old, seapks already fluent English.
The majority of Phimarnvit pupils are Muslim.
Cuorachot, 5, wants to be a soldier.
Phirmarnvit’s pupils alwayscontinue school after kindergarten.
Some parents let their younger children at school while they are not enought old to begin class.
Hanging around while the elder students are in class.
Morning class. Pupils can be taught in English, Thai, Japanese, Chinese and Italian.
Many of them receive also Arabic lessons after class.
10.30 a.m., it's time for snack. A great part of children's parents cannot pay the tuition fees,
although the administration accept every amount they can afford.
Lalita Laopanich, director of Phimarnvit School.
Her mother and grand-mother were also working in the muslim school.
Pupils washing their clutters after lunch.
Children receive three meals a day at school while the school budget has been reduced this year.
Washing altogether.
Detail of the tap in the schoolyard.
Portrait of English teacher Mr. Mori, in the office of Phirmarnvit School, windows open on Khaosan Road. Mori said that the school administration is under the pressure of
commercials who want to close the school in order to open a new touristic shop.
The majority of the pupils stay after class.
They do their homework waiting for their parents who usually pick them up at 6 or 7 p.m.
It is another issue for the school as they must provide a third meal for the children.
End of English class. Every pupils of Phirmarnvit School learn English language.
