Education Minister Jurin Laksanawisit was confident that Thailand would be ready to host the 4th ASEAN Education Ministers Conference in Phuket.

Mr. Jurin said after chairing a meeting of ASEAN Education Ministers Conference organizing committees that Phuket would be ready to host the 44th Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Council Conference (SEAMEC) and the 4th ASEAN Education Ministers Conference from April 6-8. The Minister believed Phuket was ready to host the international conferences which would help boost tourism in Andaman provinces.

The theme for the conferences are education for all goal, the solving of school dropouts, education for the underprivileged, the disabled, homeless children, children at the border and stateless children.

Mr. Jurin added that during the conferences, Thailand would hold bilateral meetings with Bruneian and Indonesian Education Ministers which might lead to MOUs on Education, to be concluded under the framework of ASEAN cooperation.

Source: National News Bureau of Thailand