At 9:00 a.m. on 31 July 2025, Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn graciously presided over the opening ceremony of the Border Patrol Police Learning Center “Poon-Insee – Krungsri Foundation (Ban Krai Kriang)” in Si Sawat District, Kanchanaburi Province. The school has been operating since 2017 and was formerly known as the Border Patrol Police Learning Center, Ban Krai Kriang. It currently provides education from kindergarten to Grade 6 with a total of 71 students, 7 Border Patrol Police teachers, and 3 hired teachers. The school is under the Border Patrol Police Subdivision 13. This visit marks Her Royal Highness’s third visit to this school and her 1,131st visit to Border Patrol Police schools overall.
On this occasion, Her Royal Highness granted an audience to the Board Members and the Chairman of the Audit Committee of Siam City Cement Public Company Limited, who reported on the construction of the school building. She then graciously presented educational supplies to the principal and student representatives, distributed fruit tree saplings and vegetable seeds to local community representatives, and awarded First Class Honorary Pins to supporters of the royal initiative projects. Furthermore, five scholarship students under Her Royal Highness’s report their academic progress.
Her Royal Highness then observed various activities under the royal initiative projects, such as the library program and the student cooperative program, which enhances students’ skills in managing shops and savings activities, introduces them to basic accounting within the Sufficiency Economy framework, and organizes study visits to broaden their understanding of cooperative principles. In terms of vocational training, students were taught how to make fermented fish (pla som), sweet dried fish with sesame, and fish crackers, providing them with foundational occupational skills. Regarding academic performance, in the 2024 academic year, the Grade 6 students scored above the national average in Thai language and science in the O-NET national standardized tests.
The School Agriculture for Lunch Project covers 1.5 rai (about 0.6 acres), where students gain hands-on experience in cultivating vegetables, growing Bhutan oyster mushrooms, planting fruit trees and legumes, raising egg-laying hens, and farming catfish in concrete ponds. The harvest is used to prepare nutritious school lunches. The program has also been extended to serve the wider community, transforming the school into a knowledge-sharing center for agriculture. Interested parents and villagers are encouraged to learn and apply this knowledge to generate additional income.
Her Royal Highness also visited local residents and the Royal Medical Unit, which included services from the Phra Baramee Nursing Hospital and Suksiri Si Sawat Hospital. The unit provided medical check-ups and treatment for students and local people.
