STUDENT REFLECT YOUTH-LED INITIATIVE
Making schools better places for every student
"Get up dearest, it's time to go to school"
Heading to their second home, most of the students in Thailand spend most of their day in school, where knowledge and life experience are given.
Like every place in our community, many schools in Thailand are known to be a source of academic and emotional problems such as mental health, theoretical issues, unsupportive systems, unsafe, bullying, violence, etc.
Youth participation
in Thai public schools
According to our pilot school and other public high schools in Thailand, Students are offered and allowed to join many opportunities and activities to support their skills and interests.
In civic engagement, most schools have a student council to listen to students' problems and opinions. After hearing the students' suggestions, the school will summarize and use them as inputs for better improvements. However, in some schools, the directors or teachers tend to cover them up and discredit the student who speaks up, which influent the school not being a safe and accessible place for the student.
Students' mental Health situation
in our pilot school
Based on the guidance teachers' interview report done by the SKN Student reflect club in August 2022, after the beginning of the new academic year, most students suffer from stress because of their heavy load of homework, educational lessons, and tests. However, family problems, bullying, and financial rate problems conclude in just a tiny group of students.
Apart from the guidance teachers' data, some students suggest that they are scared to report and share their feelings with the teachers because of the scores and discrimination they might face afterward. The students will most likely share their senses and problems with their friends.
Regarding the school mental health help system, apart from the six guidance teachers, this school has only one psychologist, which the secondary Educational Service Area Office has provided.
Therefore, the number of mental health supporters in the school is not enough compared to the number of 4000 students.
