Thailand's Ministry of Education formally reaffirmed in February 2026 that, starting from the 2025 academic year, all schools must accept foreign students regardless of nationality or legal status. This groundbreaking 'Education for All' policy is based on the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) and a landmark 2005 Cabinet resolution, aiming to transform border regions from sites of exclusion into spaces of shared responsibility.
Under the new policy, schools will use a 'G Code' (13-digit specialized identification) to register students lacking official Thai documentation, including stateless, migrant, and refugee children, officially integrating them into the education system and enabling them to receive per-head government subsidies. This initiative addresses the long-standing education gap for marginalized children, particularly amid regional instability from Myanmar border unrest and Thai-Cambodian border tensions that have displaced thousands of families.