Rights Protection Center Elevates Private Education to Be Safe and Uniform Nationwide

MGR Online•Politics•19d ago

Reader Briefing

Deputy Minister of Education launches the Rights Protection Center to enhance safety and standards in private education across Thailand.

•Deputy Minister of Education, Akraanan Kanthanon, officially opened the Rights Protection Center for Rights, Freedoms, and Safety.
•The center aims to proactively protect students and personnel in private educational institutions.
•Key strategies include implementing uniform standards, proactive safety measures, and streamlined services.
•The initiative seeks to foster transparency and address complaints effectively using technology.
•The center will operate 24/7 and expects to implement legal processes for all agencies soon.

Overview

•On July 8, 2026, Deputy Minister of Education Akraanan Kanthanon presided over the opening of the Rights Protection Center for Rights, Freedoms, and Safety.
•The meeting was held at the Office of the Private Education Commission (PEC) and via Zoom to enhance supervision, promotion, and services for private education.
•Akraanan Kanthanon stated that private education is a crucial pillar for population quality development.
•The Rights Protection Center's core functions are proactive protection of students and personnel, adoption of uniform standards, proactive safety, and service efficiency.
•All complaint reception units within the Ministry of Education are being renamed to 'Center for Rights, Freedoms, and Safety'.
•The Traffy Fondue system is being integrated to track work processes, and legal procedures are underway for each agency.
•Provinces that neglect their duties will be flagged as a 'red status' for performance measurement.
•A crucial aspect is changing organizational culture to end concealment, accept reality, and cooperate in problem-solving for healing and support.

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Key Quotes

Akraanan Kanthanon

"Emphasizes the importance of changing organizational culture to stop concealment, accept reality, and cooperate to solve problems."

ย้ำสิ่งสำคัญคือต้องเปลี่ยนวัฒนธรรมองค์กรให้เลิกปกปิด ยอมรับความจริง และร่วมมือกันแก้ไขปัญหา

Akraanan Kanthanon

"Private education is a key pillar in developing population quality."

การศึกษาเอกชนถือเป็นเสาหลักสำคัญในการพัฒนาคุณภาพประชากร

Akraanan Kanthanon

"What is being specially pushed for today is the Ministry of Education's Center for Rights, Freedoms, and Safety, to proactively and concretely protect students and personnel."

สิ่งที่ตั้งใจผลักดันเป็นพิเศษในวันนี้คือ ศูนย์พิทักษ์สิทธิ เสรีภาพและความปลอดภัย กระทรวงศึกษาธิการ เพื่อทำหน้าที่เชิงรุกในการคุ้มครองดูแลนักเรียนและบุคลากรอย่างเป็นรูปธรรม

Akraanan Kanthanon

"When incidents occur, information must be disclosed, and the truth discussed to heal victims and comprehensively care for those involved."

เมื่อเกิดเหตุต้องเปิดเผยข้อมูล นำความจริงมาพูดคุยกันเพื่อเยียวยาผู้ถูกกระทำและดูแลจิตใจผู้ที่เกี่ยวข้องอย่างรอบด้าน

Key Entities

Person

Akraanan Kanthanon(นายอัครนันท์ กัณณ์กิตตินันท์)

Deputy Minister of Education and Director of the Center for Rights, Freedoms, and Safety.

Organization

Rights Protection Center(ศูนย์พิทักษ์สิทธิฯ)

A newly established center within the Ministry of Education aimed at protecting students and personnel in private education.

Ministry of Education(กระทรวงศึกษาธิการ)ℹ️

The governmental body responsible for educational policy and administration in Thailand.

Office of the Private Education Commission (OPEC)(สำนักงานคณะกรรมการส่งเสริมการศึกษาเอกชน (สช.))

An office under the Ministry of Education responsible for promoting and overseeing private education.

Law

Traffy Fondue

A technology system being adopted by the Ministry of Education to track complaint resolution processes.