NGOs launch Thai language programme for migrant workers
Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Bangkok and neighboring provinces are initiating a programme to develop Thai language and computer literacy skills among migrant workers.
Bangkok (VNS/NNT) - Non-governmentalorganizations (NGOs) in Bangkok and neighboring provinces are initiating aprogramme to develop Thai language and computer literacy skills among migrantworkers.
Sompong Srakaew, Director of the Labor RightsPromotion Network Foundation (LPN), said the campaign aims to improve thequality of life of workers and ensure they have proper access to welfare andassistance while working in Thailand.
According to Sompong, the LPN has established 15 training centers in SamutSakhon, Samut Prakan, Bangkok, Pathum Thani and Phetchaburi, where migrantworkers can learn about language, rights and culture through weekly sessions.With the aid of volunteer teams, they will be taught to speak, read and writein Thai, enabling them to converse effectively with native speakers.
The LPN and the Learning Institute For Everyone(LIFE) recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on migrant workeraccess to education and training. The Faculty of Arts at Silpakorn Universityhas also joined a proposal to provide Thai language competence examinations anddiplomas that can assist migrants in obtaining more advanced employment.
Suthasinee Keawleklai, coordinator of the MigrantWorkers’ Rights Network of Thailand, stated that before the pandemic, thenetwork began using its office as a centre for teaching Thai and English. Italso taught IT skills, helping Thai-speaking migrant employees to expand theircareer options by becoming language coordinators and interpreters at hospitals,clinics and private organisations./.
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