A school in Bangkok, Thailand
| Potisarnpittayakorn School | |
| Native Name: | โรงเรียนโพธิสารพิทยากร |
| Type: | Public secondary school |
| Motto: | อตฺตาหิ อตฺตโน นาโถ “ตนเป็นที่พึ่งแห่งตน” (God helps those who help themselves) |
| Location: | 120 Thanon Phutthamonthon Sai 1, Bang Ramat, Taling Chan, Bangkok 10170 |
| Founder: | Nuan Thamutaro |
| Head Name: | Director |
| Head: | Wuttichai Worachin[1] |
| Language: | Thai |
| Song: | Potisarnpittaykorn School's March (เพลงมาร์ชโรงเรียนโพธิสารพิทยากร) |
Potisarnpittayakorn School (th|โรงเรียนโพธิสารพิทยากร) is a coeducational secondary school for grades 7 to 12, located in the Taling Chan district of Bangkok, Thailand.
Potisarnpittayakorn was founded in 1956 by Nuan Thamutaro (นวล ธมฺมธโร) the incumbent abbot of Wat Pho Taling Chan. Teaching was first conducted on a pavillion next to the Bang Ramat river. Later in 1958, through fundraisers and funding from the government to build a classroom. A 2 story wooden building containing 12 classroom was built.
In 1982, Potisarnpittayakorn was funded a 3-floor concrete building (อาคารขันติมาธรรม) containing 18 classrooms. Later in 1984, the Department of General Education selected Potisarnpittayakorn School for its Small Secondary School improvement program. Under the program, schools will improve in student enrollment, teacher recruitment, and the school's basic infrastructure. In 1986, under the Department of General Education's inter-school academic cooperation program. Suankularb Wittayalai school, Satriwithaya school, and Dipangkornwittayapat School (Wat Noi Nai school) will aid Potisarnpittayakorn in their academic system. Suankularb Wittayalai and Satriwithaya will accept incoming Potisarnpittayakorn students into Matthayom 4 provided that they meet a standard without examination. In late 2016, a 6-floor concrete building was built with a meeting room.[2] [3] In 2003, Potisarnpittayakorn rolled out the English Program for Matthayom 1 and Matthayom 4 students.[4]
As of 2024, the school consists of 6 main buildings and a football field. [5]
The emblem of Potisarnpittayakorn consists of three elements.
Bai Sema (ใบเสมา) representing Thailand’s Ministry of Education.
Trishula (ตรีศูล) representing the now-defunct Department of General Education
The Pho leaf (ใบโพธิ์), representing Potisarnpittayakorn school.[6]
Potisarnpittayakorn's motto is a Buddhist proverb “Attā Hi Attanō Nāthō” and in English it means “God helps those who help themselves”.
Potisarnpittayakorn's slogan is เรียนดี มีวินัย ใจนักกีฬา and consists of 3 parts.
เรียนดี means to study well.
มีน้ำใจ means to be kind.
ใจนักกีฬา means to have the mind of an athlete and never give up until the goal has been fulfilled.
The Tabebuia rosea is the flower of Potisarnpittayakorn
The colours that represents Potisarnpittayakorn are blue and pink.
Blue represents disclipine and good behavior.
Pink represents the hard work put into studying.
As of 2024, Potisarnpittayakorn School offers four types of curriculum for students: the International Program (IP), English Program (EP), Intensive English Program (IEP), and General Program (GP).[7]
-The International Program is the newest program with its own curriculum called, "Integrated Curriculum" i.e. It has the planned course of Thailand’s Ministry of Education combined with "South Australian Government Schools" core curriculum of Australia's Department for Education (South Australia) With this, all subjects are taught in English by foreign teachers. The tuition fee is around 85,000-99,000 baht.[8]
-The English Program is a course which every subjects are taught in English (including religion and social studies), except history. Most of EP-assigned teachers are foreigners. And after the student finishes the course, they are expected to be able to speak fluent English. The tuition fee is around 38,000 to 40,000 baht.
-The Intensive English Program is a course which has English subjects taught by foreign teachers, with non-English related subjects taught by qualified Thai teachers. Students in IEP usually have deeper knowledge in each subject than E.P. students but they would have a hard time understanding English. The tuition fee is 13,500-15,000 baht per semester.
-The General Program is a course that are planned according to Thailand’s Ministry of Education standard. All subjects except English are taught in Thai. Most of the teachers are Thai. The average tuition fee is around 10,000 baht.