A school in Thailand is run by the students
Mechai Pattana School in Thailand was founded by the campaigner Mechai Viravaidya in 2008 and is motivated to teach children the principles of charity and leadership.
A school is a sacred place for communities. It is essentially where parents send their kids to learn, but learning comes in different forms and shapes and sometimes the schooling system doesn't teach kids the values of life.
The true values of life can be difficult to teach, but it seems a school in Thailand has got it right.
The Mechai Pattana School in Thailand was founded by the campaigner Mechai Viravaidya in 2008 for the purpose of teaching charity and leadership to students.
This school is not conventional, but has all the values of what it means to teach kids about life.
"Children are responsible for every aspect of running the school, from buying food for the kitchens to disciplining fellow students and even recruiting new staff. The children also run their own businesses, and perform several hours of community service every week. Many of the students come from underprivileged backgrounds, but their school fees are “paid” by planting 800 trees a year, together with their families." (BBC)
The idea behind the school is to produce students who become change-makers. Do you think this would work in South Africa?
Watch how the students perform their daily duties in the video below, courtesy of Instagram.
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