The Ministry of Education will this week ask the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) to allow 4,500 schools nationwide to open fully.
Education Minister Nataphol Teepsuwan said on Monday the reopening request was due to Thailand reporting no local transmissions for a long period of time.
The minister said parents thought that the current partial re-opening, particularly the alternate-day arrangement for attendance, might result in interrupted study for their children.
If the CCSA approves the full-scale school reopening, the minister stressed that all schools must use measures imposed by the Public Health Ministry such as compulsory face coverings, hand washing using alcohol-based hand sanitisers, and checking the body temperature of students.
CCSA spokesperson Taweesilp Visanuyothin said a CCSA committee had discussed the alternate-day arrangement at more than 4,500 schools to reduce classroom density. These schools include those under the Education Ministry and the National Office of Buddhism.
The committee is expected to discuss the matter next week.
