Suranaree School
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Suranaree Wittaya School is a school in Nakhon Ratchasima
, Thailand
. It is "Nakhon Ratchasima's top school" according to The Nation
newspaper. It is also oversubscribed, and in March 2007, saw 500 applicants for 480 places at the school. Due to the school's popularity, it has been stated by headmaster Silpasit Taptipthongchai that parents have offered "huge amounts of cash to secure places for their children" at the school. It is a girls' high school for Grade 7 up to Grade 12, and was founded on 11 May 1905. In Grade 10 students have the choice to complete a major in English-Chinese, Science-Mathematics and Home Art.
Nakhon Ratchasima
Nakhon Ratchasima or is a city in the north-east of Thailand and gateway to Isan. It is the capital of the Nakhon Ratchasima Province and Nakhon Ratchasima district...
, Thailand
Thailand
Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...
. It is "Nakhon Ratchasima's top school" according to The Nation
The Nation (Thailand)
The Nation is a broadsheet, English-language daily newspaper founded in 1971 and published in Bangkok, Thailand, and is owned by the Nation Multimedia Group.The Nation is a member of the Asia News Network...
newspaper. It is also oversubscribed, and in March 2007, saw 500 applicants for 480 places at the school. Due to the school's popularity, it has been stated by headmaster Silpasit Taptipthongchai that parents have offered "huge amounts of cash to secure places for their children" at the school. It is a girls' high school for Grade 7 up to Grade 12, and was founded on 11 May 1905. In Grade 10 students have the choice to complete a major in English-Chinese, Science-Mathematics and Home Art.