Triam Udom Suksa School
| Triam Udom Suksa School โรงเรียนเตรียมอุดมศึกษา |
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227 Phaya Thai Rd., Pathum Wan, Bangkok, 10330 Thailand |
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| Coordinates | 13°44′27″N 100°31′57″E / 13.74083°N 100.53250°ECoordinates: 13°44′27″N 100°31′57″E / 13.74083°N 100.53250°E |
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| Type | Government |
| Motto |
Nimittaṃ sādhurūpānaṃ kataññū kataveditā (Appreciation and reciprocation is an emblem of the good) |
| Established | 3 January 1938 |
| Founder | ML Pin Malakul |
| School board | Bangkok Education Service Area Office 1 |
| Authority | Office of the Basic Education Commission |
| Director | Poramest Mollee |
| Teaching staff | 194 |
| Grades | 10–12 (mathayom 4–6) |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Enrolment | 4,617 (2007 academic year) |
| Classes | 105 |
| Average class size | 44 |
| Student to teacher ratio | 23.79 |
| Campus type | Urban |
| School colour(s) | Pink |
| Song | Pin Hathai (Thai: ปิ่นหทัย) |
| O-NET average | 363.54 (2006) 71.01% (2005–2007 av.) |
| Website | http://www.triamudom.ac.th |
Triam Udom Suksa School (Thai: โรงเรียนเตรียมอุดมศึกษา, pronounced [trīːam ùdōm sɯ̀k.sǎː], lit. "university-preparatory school") is a state school located in central Bangkok, Thailand. It admits upper-secondary students (mathayom 4–6, equivalent to grades 10–12) and has the largest yearly enrolment in the country. Founded in 1938 as a preparatory school for Chulalongkorn University, the school has long been regarded as one of the best secondary schools in Thailand, and attracts students from all over the country in its highly competitive entrance examinations. Triam Udom Suksa has among the highest university entry rates for Thai schools, and its students consistently score among the top in national standardised tests.
The founding of Triam Udom Suksa School relates to the revised National Education Plan of BE 2479 (1936 CE), which imposed four and six years of primary and secondary education respectively, with an additional two years of pre-collegiate schooling required for students who were to pursue higher education. This pre-collegiate level was to be initially provided by the students' prospective universities, and accordingly the University Council of Chulalongkorn University authorised the establishment of such a school on 3 January 1938. The founding of the school, which took place over a tight time frame of three months, was overseen by Mom Luang Pin Malakul, then head of the university's teacher-preparation programme, who became the school's first director. The school took over the location of Matthayom Horwang School (of which ML Pin was also headmaster) on Phaya Thai Road in the vicinity of the university, and became known as the "University Preparatory School, Chulalongkorn University", or Rong Rian Triam Udom Suksa Haeng Chulalongkorn Maha Witthayalai (โรงเรียนเตรียมอุดมศึกษาแห่งจุฬาลงกรณมหาวิทยาลัย; triam udom suksa literally translates as university-preparatory [school]). The school, which was the first co-educational in the country, opened on 16 May 1938, and classes began on 19 May.
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