Support for Rural Education

APEC University supports the UNESCO call for Education for rural people

Thailand Bing Bon Village School comprises approximately 300 Primary level students. The old school was in need of repair.

IN 2006, Pra Prakorb a Buddhist Monk from Wat Ratchabopit, with disciples, undertook to build the Village a new School comprising 12 Classrooms, and a 24 Computer lab at a cost in excess of Baht 8,000,000..



In 2006 APEC support included providing a teacher to live and teach in Bing Bon village in Pitsanulok Province in Central Thailand primarily to teach the students English.

APEC joins in a new partnership with Pra Prakob, and Bing Bon Village to support the Education for rural people to break the cycle of property.



Poverty afflicts 1.2 billion people in the world. Some 130,000,000 children worldwide do not attend school. Approximately 70% of these children live in rural areas. Education for these children and their families deserves special attention, which should not be simply moulded on the urban model, but rather should take into consideration the specific characteristics of each situation.




On 3 September 2002, the FAO-UNESCO partnership in support of Education for rural people was officially launched by FAO's Director-General at the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg, South Africa. The flagship's objectives are to: -

• Build awareness of the importance of Education for rural people as a crucial step to achieving the Millennium goals of eradicating extreme poverty and hunger and achieving universal primary education.
• Overcome the urban-rural education gap.
• Increase access to basic Education for rural people.
• Improve the quality of basic education in rural areas.