The Director-General of the Office of the Vocational Education Commission (OVEC) has set up a fact-finding committee to investigate the news that the ‘Director of Surin Non-Formal Education Center’ was sleeping at home and receiving his salary, only coming to work during important meetings. It is expected that it will take no more than 1 week to conclude the facts. The ‘Director of Surin Non-Formal Education Center’ has denied all accusations and insisted that he did not behave in such a manner.
Progress on the case of the page “Operation Watchdog” posting pictures and a message stating “The director of the Learning Promotion Center (SKR) in Sri Narong District, Surin Province, or the former NFE, sleeps at home and receives a salary and welfare. He hardly comes to work. He only comes to work during meetings or when there is important work once or twice a month. When there is a document to sign, he has his subordinates carry the files for him to sign at his residence in the city, almost 60 km away. He has te
achers do the orientation activities for new students themselves. He has maintained this standard since the Covid period of 2019 until now.” After the post was published, many people commented.
Ordered to investigate the Director of Non-Formal Education who sleeps at home and receives a salary – if found guilty, will definitely be punished.
Recently, Mr. Thanakorn Donnuea, Director-General of the Department of Non-Formal Education (DNF), ordered the establishment of a fact-finding committee and urged the fact-finding committee to make a report on the facts and submit a report immediately, whether there is evidence as appeared or not. He also ordered the commanding officer of the accused to report the progress to him. If wrongdoing is found, disciplinary punishment will be imposed, which must be fair to all parties. It must be considered correctly, quickly, and fairly.
Reporters went to the area and found the deputy director and teachers working as usual. When asked about what happened, they refused to give
any interviews, only saying that the director was on official business. They noticed a sign on the executives’ list stating the name of the director, who has been the director since 2012 until now. They also found a sign on the door in front of the director’s office stating ‘The director is not here.’ When asked, locals did not reveal their names and surnames. They said that they had just found out about the incident. They had previously thought that the director had been transferred to another location.
The reporter then met with Dr. Panya Sattra, Director of the Surin Provincial Office of the Vocational Education Commission, who is responsible for the SVO in Srinarong District.
Dr. Panya said that he learned about the news from the media yesterday (September 18) while he was inspecting work in a different district. He therefore rushed back and called the director in question and set up a fact-finding committee to investigate whether he had behaved inappropriately as reported. The initial answers received
were compiled and reported to the Director-General of the Department of Labor Protection and Welfare. The next step is for the committee to visit the school board, teachers, students, community leaders, and heads of various government agencies in Si Narong District. They will visit the area tomorrow (September 20). It will take no more than a week to investigate and conclude the facts.
The reporter reported that there is currently information that there is a person who pretends to be a senior person in the province and will set up an investigation committee to help and has the director who was complained about prepare 6-8 envelopes of money, 20,000 baht per envelope, to clear things up. It is expected that there will be someone impersonating to take advantage of this incident.
‘The said director’ denies all accusations on social media
. The director of the Learning Promotion Center, Srinarong District, Surin Province, came to work as usual and denied the news that had arisen. He did not behave like that. I
n the case of signing at the house occasionally for the convenience of sending to Surin Vocational College, and the teacher has a house in the city, not far away. As for the part where no one saw, he went out to the area. Yesterday, when he was not there, he went to receive the final exams of the students for this semester at Surin Vocational College. He went with the committee who was a teacher to receive the exams together and there were pictures to confirm.
Source: Thai News Agency