March 14th, 2008, 18:27
According to a report in the Pattaya Mail, rehabilitation training for young offenders, such as those "rounded up" in Sunee is to be changed:
Training for rehab camp is changed to be more effective ....Most children taking part in previous Sai Yai Rak Camps reverted to old habits .... Training at the 4th Sai Yai Rak Camp that is due to start at the end of April and which is designed to rehabilitate vagabond and delinquent children back into society has been modified in an attempt to make it more effective than the previous three camps proved to be. .... the camp .... will take 30 youngsters .... the previous three camps had been closely monitored after they were completed and they had not achieved the desired objectives. The underlying reason was that the children taking part had not been willing to join the course. After completing the training, they had returned to their same habits and nothing had changed ....
Camp 4 will provide seven categories of training. Nine hours will be devoted to education on the dangers of narcotics and contagious diseases. Psychotherapy and individual consultations on morality and self-determination would take up 116 hours. There will be 29 hours devoted to activities to develop will power. Occupational training will take up a further 36 hours, and the remainder of the time will be divided into social education, community projects and educational visits, such as to the Prabat Nampu Temple in Lopburi.
36 hours of "occupational training" is, sadly, unlikely to give those invoved much real chance to make something of their lives.
Training for rehab camp is changed to be more effective ....Most children taking part in previous Sai Yai Rak Camps reverted to old habits .... Training at the 4th Sai Yai Rak Camp that is due to start at the end of April and which is designed to rehabilitate vagabond and delinquent children back into society has been modified in an attempt to make it more effective than the previous three camps proved to be. .... the camp .... will take 30 youngsters .... the previous three camps had been closely monitored after they were completed and they had not achieved the desired objectives. The underlying reason was that the children taking part had not been willing to join the course. After completing the training, they had returned to their same habits and nothing had changed ....
Camp 4 will provide seven categories of training. Nine hours will be devoted to education on the dangers of narcotics and contagious diseases. Psychotherapy and individual consultations on morality and self-determination would take up 116 hours. There will be 29 hours devoted to activities to develop will power. Occupational training will take up a further 36 hours, and the remainder of the time will be divided into social education, community projects and educational visits, such as to the Prabat Nampu Temple in Lopburi.
36 hours of "occupational training" is, sadly, unlikely to give those invoved much real chance to make something of their lives.