The educational landscape in Thailand is facing a pressing predicament as the Office of the Basic Education Commission (OBEC) rings the alarm over dwindling student enrollment numbers. This decrease poses significant challenges, especially for small schools that already grapple with constrained budgets due to the per-head funding system currently in place. Alongside this enrollment issue, the excessive workload of teachers continues to be a concern. To combat these challenges, a strategic proposal is being crafted to present to the new education minister with hopes of easing these burdens. Acting Sub Lieutenant Thanu Wongjinda, the Secretary General of the Basic Education Commission, has disclosed that the number of students under OBEC’s purview dipped by about 100,000 this academic year, marking a drop from 6.4 million to just over 6.3 million as recorded on June 10. Such a decline could exacerbate the already tough conditions faced by many educational institutions, particularly the…