All in for education.
The Inclusive Education Foundation is a Thai non-profit based in Mae Sot. We work with teachers, schools, and education leaders to ensure that all children on the Thai-Myanmar border can access high-quality and contextualized education that meets their needs.
Reshaping access to quality education
An estimated 200,000 migrant children are out of school in Thailand, and current school enrollment rates in Tak Province suggest that only 1 in 5 will graduate with a high school-level diploma. The result is grade-level student enrollment that resembles a triangle.
InEd works to close the gap and reshape the education landscape from a triangle to a square. We do this in several key ways:
Source: Migrant Education Coordination Center and Government of Canada, 2023-2024.
01 | Teacher Professional Development
Our partnerships with teachers and schools help us co-develop robust educational frameworks and high-quality standards. We provide pre- and in-service training designed to not disrupt the busy lives of teachers. Together, we build more sustainable, accountable education systems that drive continuous improvement.
02 | Out-of-School Children Enrollment
We work alongside diverse partners to find innovative ways to reduce the practical barriers to migrant student enrollment and retention.
Hidden Costs
We create contracts with migrant families to co-support educational costs and fees.
ภาษาไทย (Thai language)
We train and place bilingual Burmese and Thai teaching assistants to work alongside Thai public school teachers.
System Complexity
We support parents and youth to make informed decisions about their education pathway and help them navigate barriers.
732 children
into Thai public schools, providing wrap-around support to ensure persistence in education.
Since 2021, our enrollment task force has enrolled
Our approach
Partnership is key. We work with host communities and local officials to build consensus before we begin working in a new area. That means ensuring the needs of schools are being met, such as by providing bilingual classroom assistants that help school teachers facilitate translanguaging pedagogies and communicate with parents. ​​
about our classroom assistant program.
03 | Youth Empowerment
We believe meaningful empowerment happens when young people can create lives that they truly want. For marginalized youth at the Thai-Myanmar border, this means gaining skills they can use to open doors and the self-efficacy to pursue difficult goals. Since 2020, InEd has run the Youth Champions program in partnership with a network of universities and local Thai foundations.
Over the course of 10 months, Youth Champions spend:
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6 months of full-time, in-person learning (9am-4pm daily) focused on English, Thai, communication, and digital skills;
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2 months of service-learning projects where youth apply developing skills in partnership with a Thai foundation; and
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2 final months of mentoring as they take their first steps toward either an early-career job or university program.
In 2025, the Youth Champion program launched its fifth cohort with a total of 24 students.​​​​
What we do differently
Youth get laptops they can keep. Device ownership dramatically improves youth digital literacy and directly facilitates their ability to apply for a job or enroll in higher education after the program.
We put youth voice into action. We provide a budget of THB 15,000 for youth projects that focus on addressing an issue in their community.
We build partnerships that grow opportunities. We engage our network to provide mentorship and support for youth after the program.
04 | Multilingual Education
We prepare youth who were not able to complete a basic education for entrance into the Thai Non-formal Education pathway, which confers a Thai high school diploma. In partnership with the Department of Learning Encouragement and with the support of Child's Dream Foundation, InEd successfully launched the Thai Learning Acceleration Center in June 2024.
The center enrolls up to 200 students each year in flexible courses that allow youth and working adults to attend when they're available.
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Being multilingual is a super power
As Southeast Asia continues to develop into an economic block, parents and communities increasingly recognize the importance of multilingualism. That means there is a huge demand for teachers who can use mother-tongue based multilingual education to gradually build target language competencies in children.
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InEd has specialized our teacher professional development for multilingual settings. We use innovative, low-resource approaches to help teachers manage diverse classrooms and overcome language barriers. Most important, we make learning another language fun.
05 | Research and Advocacy
Through ongoing research, we seek to continually improve our projects and evidence both our impact and the challenges faced in marginalized communities. InEd also hosts and participates in webinars, conferences, and other events as part of our advocacy and outreach.
Learn about TeacherFOCUS Consulting, a Mae Sot-based social enterprise that does independent research.