The Thaiger
Private colleges in Bueng Kan deny allegations of student loan fraud
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Thailand’s Ministry of Education ordered an investigation into four private colleges after allegations that students’ names were used to obtain Student Loan Fund (SLF) loans without their knowledge.
Key facts
- Thailand’s Ministry of Education ordered an investigation into four private colleges after allegations that students’ names were used to obtain Student Loan Fund (SLF) loans without their knowledge.
- The allegations circulated online after a Facebook page shared accounts from people claiming to be former students of the colleges.
- The colleges said the High Vocational Certificate programme in question had only been offered from 2023, making it impossible for someone to have completed it a decade earlier.
- Minister attached to the Prime Minister’s Office Paradorn Prissananantakul said on Tuesday that the government planned to increase the SLF budget for fiscal 2027 from about 5 billion baht in fiscal 2026 to 9 billion baht.
Summary
The allegations circulated online after a Facebook page shared accounts from people claiming to be former students of the colleges.
One complainant said she enrolled at a private college in Nong Bua Lamphu. She eventually did not attend classes but discovered that she had a student loan debt of more than 50,000 baht. She claimed the loan was issued through another private college in Bueng Kan that had the same owner as the one she had enrolled in.