By Jorn Dix | International Volunteer
DEPDC wishes everybody a happy Songkran (Thai New Year)! Due to Songkran and school holidays DEPDC's Community Learning Center (CLC) classes took a short break this week and will restart on April 21st, 2015.
At the moment our CLC offers three different levels of English classes every week. Lower-level and intermediate English classes run every day of the week from Monday to Friday and upper-level English class three days a week from Tuesday to Thursday.
Thai language classes take place at a slightly irregular base at the moment, because most of the students in these classes are monks and novices from the local temples, whose schedule is bound to the religious holidays. In addition to the language classes, the CLC also organizes computer classes. These classes are now organized on a workshop base and not following a regular schedule anymore.
At the moment the students of CLC's upper-level English class are between 14 and 19 years of age and are students, and recent graduates of the local high schools around DEPDC's Mae Sai center. Their families are not able to pay for the very expensive private schools, that have foreign English teachers in their all English programs, or to receive private tutoring by native English speakers. CLC's upper-level English class enables them to improve their English skills, this is important because today three English language courses are compulsory for all Thai university students.
Three of our upper-level English class students will leave CLC in the near future and move to Chiang Rai city to visit the local university. All CLC teachers and DEPDC staff wish them best success for their further studies and hope they'll be able to make their dreams come true.
All of DEPDC's staff, volunteers, and students would like to thank our generous donors for their support. Without your support DEPDC's work in furthering the education of our students would be impossible. Thank you!
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