PUBLISHED : 1 Oct 2023 at 04:00
Prof Wijit Srisa-arn, the former education minister and founder of Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University, died yesterday at the age of 88.
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The well-respected scholar died of heart failure about 10am yesterday. A funeral rite will be held at Wat Makut Kasattriyaram in Bangkok from tomorrow to Sunday.
Born in 1934 and a native of Chachoengsao, Prof Wijit won a scholarship from the Education Ministry to study at Chulalongkorn University with the intent to become a teacher after completing Matthayomsuksa 8.
He obtained his first bachelor’s degree from the faculty of arts in 1959 and the second from the faculty of education, also from Chulalongkorn University, two years…
