A large and sometimes noisy meeting of teachers (inset) submitted stronger demands for loan relief at the government’s help centres, but Minister of Education Teerakiat Jareonsettasin (above) and the prime minister have shown little sympathy for the ‘self-inflicted’ debt problems. (Main photo by Apichart Jinakul)
Teachers who are threatening to stop repaying their loans in protest at high interest rates have found little sympathy from the government, which has warned they risk being declared bankrupt and dismissed from service.
Education Minister Teerakiat Jareonsettasin said Tuesday the move was being led by one group and most teachers would likely not support the idea.
Leaders of a network o…
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