By: Dr. Andrew Davies, Head of School
andrewd@isb.ac.th
Recently the Royal Thai Government announced some changes to the public holidays calendar for 2017 and 2018 and this has necessitated some changes to the ISB Calendars.
Please find linked here a copy of the revised ISB Calendar for 2017/18, approved by the Board of Trustees earlier this week on 18th April 2017.
For 2016/17
- It was announced that Friday 5 May 2016 will no longer be observed as an official holiday. However, ISB will continue to have a holiday on this date as many will already have made plans.
- It was also announced that on 28 July HM King Rama X ‘ s birthday will be observed as an official holiday. This means that the ISB Summer School Session 2 will be reduced by one day.
For 2017/18
- 13 October will be observed as an official holiday as the memorial day for HM King Rama IX.
- ISB will schedule a holiday for 13 October 2017, cancel the planned holiday for 22 September and move the Professional Day from 21 September to 22 September.
- ISB will cancel the planned holiday for 7 May 2018 (Coronation Day Substitute) and move this holiday to 13th April (official Songkran Holiday). This means that the Songkran Holiday will be one day longer than is typical (beginning on a Friday), enabling ISB community members to avoid traffic and to participate more fully in the Songkran celebrations.
- December 5th will remain an official holiday and be renamed as “Father’s Day”.
It is possible that there will be further changes relating to the dates for the Cremation of HM the King Rama IV and the Coronation of HM the King Rama X.
We understand these changes may cause some inconvenience and we have tried to arrive at solutions that have the least impact on student learning and our community. The number of learning and contractual days remains the same.
Sincerely,
Dr. Andrew Davies
Head of School