With clashes just across the border between the Myanmar state navy and the ethnic military troops so close that bullets are landing on Thai soil, students in Mae Hong Son are being educated on the method to escape if the gunfire reaches the school grounds.
Soldiers and lecturers ran drills over the weekend for students at the Baan Ta Fang college. Unauthorized , 1.5 metre excessive shelter is on the varsity grounds to guard the students. The partitions are manufactured from concrete and the roof is made of wood and sand sacks. Food and water supplied in the shelter is enough to final three days.
The pictures shared by Thai media show 7 to 10 year old students, sporting their college uniforms and face masks, running and hiding beneath the shelter. The school is limited in relation to equipment to maintain the scholars safe, so the college is taking steps to arrange the scholars in case of a violence..