Khon Kaen Wittayayon School | |
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Address | |
58 Klangmuang Rd., Muang District, , 40000 | |
Coordinates | 16°25′55″N 102°50′06″E / 16.43194°N 102.83500°E |
Information | |
Type | Public |
Motto | Suvijāno bhavaṃ hoti (He who knows well will progress.) |
Established | 1897 |
School board | Khon Kaen Education Service Area Office 1 |
Authority | Office of the Basic Education Commission |
Director | Sakdadet Thachai |
Staff | 82 (2020 academic year) |
Teaching staff | 215 (2020 academi year) |
Grades | 7–12 (mathayom 1–6) |
Gender | Coeducational |
Enrollment | 4,601 (2020 academic year) |
Average class size | 55 |
Student to teacher ratio | 107:5 |
Classrooms | 114 (2020 academic year) |
Campus type | Urban |
Colour(s) | Pink, blue and yellow |
Song | March Khon Kaen Wittayayon, Cherd-Choo, Saisampan, La-Wittayayon |
Mascot | Torch |
National ranking | 33th (2019 academic year) |
Website | http://www.kkw.ac.th |
Khon Kaen Wittayayon School (Thai: โรงเรียนขอนแก่นวิทยายน) is a public school located in Khon Kaen Province, Thailand. It admits secondary students (mathayom 1–6, equivalent to grades 7–12). Founded in 1897 as a boys' school for Khon Kaen Province, it became the first coeducational school in Khon Kaen. The school's former names were "Khon Kaen (boys') School" and "That Wittayakhan Temple School". The school's first principal was Mr. Tub Chimma.
The school occupies 22 rai 2 ngarn (36,000 square metres; 390,000 sq ft[1]). It has eighteen buildings, eleven of which have classrooms. The oldest building, Building 1, dates from 1978, and is used by the Department of Science. Construction of Buildings 2 and 3 followed in 1980. These three buildings are the primary structures of the campus.
Building 7 was begun by the school board to celebrate the school's 100th anniversary, and it's the largest building in the school. Other classroom buildings are Buildings 4, 6, 8, and 9. Other buildings include the auditorium, library, agricultural building, public relations building, academic resources building, and the shrines.
The school follows the national Curriculum of Basic Education as of BE 2562 (2019 AD). Grouped into 11 areas:
Subjects are grouped in 9 areas: Science and Technology, Mathematics, Thai, Social Studies and Religion, Foreign Languages, Arts, Vocations, Physical and Health Education
Principals | ||
Names | Years in Office | |
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1. Tub Chimma (ทับ ฉิมมา) | 1897—1907 | |
2. Pisan-arunyaketr (พระครูพิศาลอรัญเขตร์) | 1908—1910 | |
3. Nath Intu-smit (ราชบุรุษนารถ อินทุสมิต) | 1911—1924 | |
4. Pon Pontosa (ผล ผลโตษะ) | 1915—1916 | |
5. Cheuy Intumarn (ราชบุรุษเฉย อินทุมาน) Acting Principal | 1916—1917 | |
6. Un Theerasirichot (อั้น ธีระศิริโชติ) | 1918—1925 | |
7. Thom Kunkpech (ถม ขรรค์เพชร) | 1926 | |
8. Pleung Intu-smit (รองอำมาตย์ตรีเปลื้อง อินทุสมิต) | 1927—1928 | |
9. Kunsoonthornkarunyasuksathikarn (ขุนการัญศึกษาธิการ) | 1929 | |
10. Sitthi Bunditwong (สิทธิ์ บัณฑิตวงษ์) Acting Principal | 1930 | |
11. Singh Warichayanont (สิงห์ วาริชยานนท์) | 1931—1932 | |
12. Kumbor Dechkunchon (คำบ่อ เดชกุญชร) | 1933—1940 | |
13. Sitthi Bunditwong (สิทธิ์ บัณฑิตวงษ์) | 1941—1953 | |
14. Ngern Rattanajunt (เงิน รัตนจันท) | 1953—1962 | |
Headmasters | ||
Names | Years in Office | |
15. Suchart Sukakunya (สุชาติ สุขากันยา) | 1963—1964 | |
16. Chuea Maiycharoeun (เจือ หมายเจริญ) | 1964—1969 | |
17. Saung Yuwakarn (ทรวง ยุวกาญจน์) | 1969—1973 | |
Directors | ||
Names | Years in Office | |
18. Sanitpong Nuanmanee (สนิทพงษ์ นวลมณี) | 1973—1980 | |
19. Diloke Watjanasoonthorn (ดิลก วัจนสุนทร) | 1980—1984 | |
20. Luan Woranuch (ล้วน วรนุช) | 1984—1988 | |
21. Kunchit Tranucharattana (ครรชิต ตรานุชรัตน์) | 1988—1989 | |
22. Sawat Phukumsaen (สวาท ภูคำแสน) | 1989—1995 | |
23. Chumpon Wiangperm (ชุมพล เวียงเพิ่ม) | 1995—2000 | |
24. Pradit Sumrarnpat (ประดิษฐ์ สำราญพัฒน์) | 2000—2008 | |
25. Wichai Srisattayasodsana (วิชัย ศรีสัตย์รสนา) | 2008—2015 | |
26. Yutthasat Kongpet (ยุทธศาสตร์ กงเพชร) | 2015—2021 | |
27. Sakdadet Thachai (ศักดาเดช ทาซ้าย) | 2021—Present |