Welfare groups warn of crisis faced by Thailand's children

Since the new school year started this year, Peerapat Tiemkoksung, 15, has found it a challenge to keep up with lessons online.

Not only does he find at-home learning difficult to follow with the absence of textbooks and worksheets, but his attendance also used to vary, depending on who in his family got to use the one smartphone shared between the high school student, his 10-year-old sister Pornphan and his mother.