Issue 17, Volume 66
Royal Gazette
23 March 2492
Section64.In state and municipal educational institutions, the primary level of education[1] must be provided without tuition fees.
The State should provide assistance [to relevant persons in order that they] have teaching aids[2] as appropriate.
Section65.The State should support research in the fields of liberal arts[3] and science.
Section66.The State should maintain the national culture, but this must not be in a compulsory manner against the will of a person.[4]
Section67.The State should maintain places and objects of historical, cultural, and artistic value, and [should] prevent the said objects from being sent out of the Kingdom.
Section68.Economic initiatives of the private sector are free.[5] However, these must not be in conflict with the conduct of affairs which have characteristics of public utility and must not give rise to curtailment of humanity,[6] security of the society, or freedoms of persons.
- ↑ Originally, "the education [at] the level [of] primary education"
- ↑ Literally, "education equipment".
- ↑ According to the Royal Society of Thailand (2013), the term sinlapasat (Thai: ศิลปศาสตร์), in modern usage, specifically refers to the liberal arts and, in old usage, refers to the Hindu śilpaśāstra. But the term, which literally translates "artistic science", may here refer to the arts in general, which include visual arts, liberal arts, performing arts, etc.
- ↑ Originally, "but [this] must not [be] executed by a procedure which is the compelling [of or the] going against the mind of a person".
- ↑ The Royal Society of Thailand (2013) defines seri (Thai: เสรี) as "able to act at will; having the right to do or speak without violating others' rights".
- ↑ The Royal Society of Thailand (2013) defines manutsayatham (Thai: มนุษยธรรม), from Sanskrit manuṣya ("human") + dharma, as "dharma of a human, dharma which humans should have towards each other, such as kindness and benevolence".
