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the people or community such benefit in accordance with the rules and procedures
provided by law.
Section 52. The State shall protect and uphold the institution of kingship,
independence, sovereignty, integrity of the territories and the areas over which Thailand has
sovereignty rights, honour and interest of the Nation, security of the State, and public order.
For these purposes, the State shall provide efficient military, diplomatic, and intelligence
services.
Armed forces shall also be deployed for the purpose of developing the country.
Section 53. The State shall ensure that the law is strictly observed and enforced.
Section 54. The State shall ensure that every child receives quality
education for twelve years from pre-school to the completion of compulsory education free
of charge.
The State shall ensure that young children receive care and development
prior to education under paragraph one to develop their physical body, mind, discipline,
emotion, social skills and intelligence in accordance with their age, by also promoting and
supporting local administrative organisations and the private sector to participate in such
undertaking.
The State shall undertake to provide the people education as needed in
various systems including promoting life-long learning, and to enable the cooperation among
the State, local administrative organisations and private sector in providing every level of
education, which the State has the duty to carry out, supervise, promote and support the
provision of education to be of quality and to meet international standards as provided by
law on national education which shall, at least, contain provisions relating to national
education plan, and implementation and inspection to ensure compliance with the national
education plan.
All education shall aim to develop learners to be good, disciplined, proud of
the Nation, skillful in their own aptitudes and responsible for family, community, society and
the country.
In undertaking to provide young children to receive care and development
under paragraph two or to provide people the education under paragraph three, the State
shall undertake to provide persons with insufficient means with financial support for
educational expenses in accordance with their aptitudes.
A fund shall be established for the purpose of assisting persons with
insufficient means, reducing the educational disparity and promoting and improving the
quality and efficiency of teachers for which the State shall allocate budget to such fund or