The government school Son Char with teacher Kung is a school with only tribal children like Palong and Burmese children; called Tai-Ai or Shan. Because of these demographics the quality of the education is significantly below other government schools with mainly Thai students.
Here not all the students wear uniforms or any clean clothes. Because the rules or not as strict it is more accessible for the children to come to school. But with no real rules you can imagine that the teachers are neither having real rules to follow in their teaching position. It still is great that there are schools, but it is sad that these group children are not taken seriously and are not getting a proper education like Thai children. Free Schools has one teacher in that school to look after the young ones and to teach them the Thai language at the most basic level.
Son Char school is close to Pui's school Mouang Choum were the Nong Tao Six are now going to school. That school has mainly Thai students with a much smaller percentage hill tribes and Shan. The quality of education and the care in Mouang Choum school is really good in comparison with Son Char and even though they fall under the same principles etc, the two schools are worlds apart.
So how are these children getting out of the visiouse circle? The teachers say that 'these groups' do not care to be educated and the hill tribes and Shan say that the Thai teacher do not care for them to be educated.
The tribes are only able to attend 'low quality' school for 'their groups' where they do not need need to wear expensive uniforms and buy schoolbooks. But that means there is no up to date material to really educate them. That doesn't give them a great feeling of belonging in the Thai society and it explains why they stay negative or indifferent towards education and to the Thai people.
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