Education in Thailand

Education in Thailand is provided mainly by the Thai government through the Ministry of Education from preschool to senior high school. A free basic education to fifteen years is guaranteed by the Thai constitution. This basic education comprises six years of elementary school and three years of lower secondary school.

Quotes

 * Traditionally, Siamese boys have been educated in Buddhist monastries, and more than 77 per cent of the local public schools, and 23 per cent of the government schools, are located in monasteries.
 * Encyclopaedia Americana (1952) quoted in Ram Swarup, On Hinduism (2000)