Doctor’s Science Program Elevates Southern Islamic Schools
MP Thavee Sodsong praised Dr. Giftlan Dolo for boosting science education in Islamic private schools in Thailand’s deep south, noting that over 120 students from the program passed a national science selection. He said the initiative, backed by the Prachachat Party, aims to build quality human resources and promote peace through education.
MP Thavee Sodsong, leader of the Prachachat Party, together with Narathiwat MP Kamolsak Liwamae, Yala MP Abdulaye Saemaeng and their team, visited Dr. Giftlan Dolo at his psychiatric clinic in Mueang Narathiwat to give encouragement. Dr. Giftlan, a physician at Narathiwat Rajanakarin Hospital, spends his free time improving education in Islamic private schools across Pattani, Yala and Narathiwat. Through the Change project, he has created special science‑and‑math classrooms that select interested students, provide an intensive curriculum and employ specialist teachers. Twelve Islamic private schools now participate in the project.
The latest results show 126 students from the program passed the national science and mathematics selection, with 118 accepted as main candidates and eight as reserves. The highest number came from Yala Science Development School with 69 students, placing it top in the lower south, followed by Pattani’s Prayanawin Klonghin Witthaya School (17 students), Bamrung Islam School (12) and Darun Sas Witthaya School (12). Many other participating schools also had successful candidates.
Dr. Giftlan said education in the deep south has progressed most during Thavee’s tenure as secretary of the Southern Border Provinces Administrative Center. He noted that while students could compete nationally in science, language ability created inequality, disadvantaging poorer families. He believes exchange programs abroad and the Change classroom’s intensive science‑math focus can bridge that gap.
Thavee Sodsong affirmed his commitment to raising educational standards, citing the national strategy to end violence by 2027. He argued that education must lead politics because building quality human resources, measured by students’ achievements, is essential for peace and stability. Without Dr. Giftlan’s leadership, he said, such efforts would be seen as mere dreams, and he pledged continued support for educational development in the region.
