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The Ministry of Education expresses its condolences to the ‘Tadika Teacher’ who died from a car bomb.

The Education Minister expressed his condolences over the loss of a teacher from the car bomb incident in front of the Bannang Sata police flats. At the time of the incident, the teacher was riding a motorcycle to buy food and prepare food for the students. Pol. Gen. Permpoon Chidchob, Minister of Education, expressed his condolences over the loss of educational personnel from the unrest incident in which perpetrators planted a car bomb in front of the police officer flats at Bannang Sata Police Station in Yala Province, resulting in the death of Mrs. Rokiyah Sarana, 45, a tadika teacher at Kampong Lalae Mosque. Stating that the incident was a very sad event to lose a 'Tadika teacher', an important personnel who taught religious principles to the youth in the Islamic Education Center of the mosque in the area, to have morality and ethics, and to instill knowledge to grow up to be a good Muslim in society, learning to live together peacefully in the southern border provinces. At the time of the incident, th e teacher was driving past to buy food to prepare for cooking for the students at his school, so it was a very heartbreaking event. The Ministry of Education places importance on students, teachers and educational personnel. Therefore, it is aware of the security of teachers and educational institutions and provides assistance to those affected by the unrest in the southern border provinces. From this incident, on behalf of the Ministry of Education, we would like to express our deepest condolences to the family of Teacher Rokiyah Sarana for this loss. We have assigned educational agencies in the area to provide assistance and compensation to the teacher's family as best we can Source: Thai News Agency