The raid on Mathayomwatsing school that disrupted a university entrance examination and injured 12 people will cost the government at least 700,000 baht, as authorities have to find a new venue to hold another test next Tuesday.
The Office of Basic Education Commission (Obec) said the cost of arranging the test -- as well as the cost of repairing the damage to school assets -- will be recovered from the 24 men involved in the raid.
Deputy Education Minister Udom Kachintorn said Wednesday that Obec came up with the 700,000-baht estimate after it calculated the cost of printing new sets of examination papers for 248 students.
Earlier, the National Institute of Educational Testing Services (Niets) said the students will be allowed to re-sit their test, after a group of drunken men raided the school -- which is located next to Wat Sing in Bangkok's Ekachai Road -- and assaulted both students and teachers on Sunday.
At least 12 students were in the middle of finishing the exam when the group raided the school.
School director Bunyaphon Phothiwatthanat said tables, chairs and televisions at the school were among the items destroyed in Sunday's raid.
So far, 24 suspects -- including four underage boys -- have been detained and are facing charges for trespassing, damaging public property, assault, and consuming alcohol at a temple.
