Rungarun
Jumanat, Central Festival Pattaya Beach employee, receives her Diploma from
the Mayor Itthiphol Kunplome.
Manoon Makpol
More than 150 students earned diplomas in Pattaya’s first
weekend language course.
Mayor Itthiphol Kunplome handed out certificates Aug. 17
to 160 of the 307 students who enrolled in the city’s “non-formal education”
project to teach English, Russian and Chinese once a week for 24 weeks.
Graduate Rungarun Jumanat, who works at Central Festival
Pattaya Beach, said the weekend course helped her immensely. She said she
can now comfortably converse with the many foreign tourists who shop at the
beachfront mall.
Yuwadee Phetcharith, head of the Non-Formal Education
Office, said the program fulfilled the needs of Pattaya residents,
especially those who work with tourists.
Classes were taught once each week at Pattaya schools
Nos. 4, 6 and 7 and utilized 6 Thai and 4 foreign teachers. The free courses
will be offered each year with signups for the next course beginning in
January. Applications can be made at Pattaya City Hall’s Non-Formal
Education Office.
