Ministry of Education drives community empowerment to fight against drugs

Kham" reveals that the Ministry of Education is driving the strategy of "awakening" to strengthen communities and rise up to fight against drug problems together with the government sector, preventing and monitoring youth from using drugs. Mr. Karom Polpornklang, Deputy Government Spokesperson, revealed that according to the order of Mr. Settha Thavisin, the Prime Minister has ordered all sectors to urgently mobilize to eradicate the drug problem to achieve tangible results within 3 months using the strategy of 'Awaken, Change, Suppress' by ordering the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation to urgently find ways to monitor and prevent children from taking drugs and for schools to jointly instill new values ??that children and youth must not be involved with drugs. Mr. Karom said that the Ministry of Education (MOE) has adopted the policy to drive the strategy of 'awakening', which is to awaken communities to be strong, to rise up and fight against drug problems together with the government sector, to prevent from the youth level through the curriculum in educational institutions, to urgently find ways to monitor and prevent youth from using drugs, and to have schools jointly instill new values, 'Children and youth must not be involved with drugs' by integrating the dangers of drugs into children's daily lives, such as speaking in front of the flagpole that we will stay away from drugs, providing in-depth information, etc. 'Children and youth are a group at high risk of drug addiction because they are in the age of learning but still lack emotional maturity, including coping with both physical and mental changes. The Ministry of Education has realized and continuously emphasized solving the drug problem. Therefore, we have laid the foundation for building strong immunity in educational institutions at all levels through the process of organizing teaching and learning in educational institutions at all levels to be knowledgeable and aware of the drug problem , along with developing life skills and creative alternative activities to prevent students from getting involved with drugs, both in terms of use and trade, in all cases. With the cooperation of the Ministry of Education to prevent and solve the drug problem strongly, monitor, help, support, and watch out for drugs from spreading in educational institutions, communities, and families, we are confident that the Ministry of Education will be able to develop students to be quality individuals in terms of body, mind, and intellect, with knowledge, skills, morality, and ethics, and be able to live happily in society,' said Mr. Karom.-319.-Thai News Agency Source: Thai News Agency