Mr. Thiraphong Chansiri, President & CEO of Thai Union Group PCL., said, “We believe that education is the foundation of success in life. For this reason, Thai Union has invested in Child Care Centres to facilitate quality pre-school education and provide a safe environment for Thai and migrant children in Samut Sakhon community. We have already established two Thai Union Child Care Centres – at Wat Si Suttharam School and at Wat Sirimongkol School and plan to open three more schools in the next two years. Each school now houses more than 200 children. We believe it is important to raise awareness about the importance of formal education to our employees who are parents so that they know their rights and choose to support their children to go to school.”
Due largely to the fact that many migrant workers are uncertain about the education procedures in Thailand and often encourage their children to work in order to provide extra income, a large number of migrant children lack access to formal schooling. This deprives many children of their rights to education in Thailand. Thai Union recognises this problem and has attempted to address it through the initiation of a training program for its’ migrant employees.