Negotiating Curricula for Burma Migrant Schooling in Thailand

emi-legal Migrant Learning Centres (MLCs) provide education for many of the children of migrant workers from Burma in Thailand. The paper reports research into the interaction of these centres with the Thailand educational authorities, particularly negotiations over their curricula. The research aimed to clarify what curricula were being offered to the migrant children, and why. It was based on interviews with many MLC leaders and staff and other stakeholders, and participant observation of interactions. It found that their curricula are diverse products of compromises among many interests. More research and action is needed to promote the basic right of all children to an adequate education