A Thai public school faces online criticism for making kindergarten students wear four different uniforms in one week, including what appeared to be a military uniform. Parkphoom Dejhatsadin, a medical technologist who also runs a popular Facebook page posted the announcement of a Kanchanaburi public school to parents informing them of the required uniforms ahead of the new school term on May The post received more than 16, shares in less than five hours.
The four uniforms for kindergarten students at the school include a normal uniform for Monday and Tuesday, a physical education uniform for Wednesday, a soldier uniform for Thursday and an ASEAN uniform for Friday. Many netizens said the uniform requirement is adding a financial burden for parents amid rising inflation costs which recently reached the highest in 13 years in March.
Many netizens have criticized the school as well, demanding answers for why the school is forcing kindergarten students to wear a soldier-like uniform to go to school every week. Some also shared their own stories as well. Some criticized the requirement for Thai traditional uniforms, the all-white uniform for Buddhist holy days at their schools. The debate on school uniform requirements has heated up over the last few years.
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