Child poverty makes elderly care ‘difficult’

Vulnerable community: Although the poverty rate in Bangkok is lower than the rest of the country, there are still many children in the city who are poor and deprived of education and other basic rights. — Filepic

UP to 42% of young people in Thailand are not going to school or receiving poor education, a major factor leading to their living in penury, says a new study.

And while this causes concern about their welfare and prospects in life, it also raises alarm about the future of the kingdom’s society as a whole, which is ageing rapidly.