Table 3.
Thematic analysis of the study.
| Themes | Categories | Codes | Interviewees |
|---|---|---|---|
| (1) Migrant Learning Centres (MLCs) preference | MLC | (1) MLC establishment and its characteristics; education as Protection | E02–E07, M01, M02, H03, H04, H06, H07 |
| (2) Resources for MLC and unreachable standards | E02–E04, E06, E07, H03, H04 | ||
| Curriculum incoherence | (3) Incorporate curriculum with discontinuity of education | E02–E07, H05, M3, M7, M9, M15–M19 | |
| Migrants perspectives | (4) Parents’ perspectives on children’s needs | E01–E07, M1–M19, L01 | |
| (5) Displaced-Thai: citizenship struggle | M15, M18, M19 | ||
| (6) Comfort zone within migrant communities and uneducated children | E02, E03, E06, M01–M07 | ||
| School Hygiene Standard | (7) Health-promoting school standards | H01, H02, H05 | |
| (8) Aids upon request | E02, H01–H07 | ||
| Unprepared Resources | (9) Limited budget and immobilized existing resources | H03–H07 | |
| (10) Limited human resources | H03–H07 | ||
| (2) Thai Public Schools for long term residents | School Hygiene Standard | (7) Health-promoting school standards | H01, H02, H05 |
| Demographic Change | (11) Low birth rate among Thai and demographic change | E01–E03, E05, E06, M05, H03–H05, L01 | |
| Operational Level | (12) No obvious discrimination within Thai Schools | E01, E02, E04–E06, M15, M18, M19 | |
| (13) Unified school health services | E06, H03–H07 | ||
| Remnant of Discrimination | (14) Society and school discrimination with unwritten admission criteria | E01–E06, M03–M11 | |
| (15) Acceptance of policy discrimination | M19 | ||
| (3) Implicit discrimination | School Hygiene Standard | (7) Health-promoting school standards | H01, H02, H05 |
| Remnant of Discrimination | (14) Society and school discrimination with unwritten admission criteria | E01–E06, M03–M11 | |
| (15) Acceptance of policy discrimination | M19 | ||
| Operative Power | (16) No man’s land with inoperative in-hand power | E01–E04, E07, M05 | |
| Access to healthcare | (17) Inadequate access to healthcare services; especially dental care | E03–E05, E07, H05–H07 | |
| (4) Unresponsive policy and practice | MLC | (2) Resources for LC and unreachable standard | E02–E04, E06, E07, H03, H04 |
| Curriculum incoherence | (3) Incorporate curriculum with discontinuity of education | E02–E07, H05, M3, M7, M9, M15–M19 | |
| Migrants perspectives | (5) Displaced-Thai: citizenship struggle | M15, M18, M19 | |
| Operative Power | (16) No man’s land with inoperative in-hand power | E01–E04, E07, M05 | |
| Policies Discordance | (18) Fuzzy policy and barrier to policy communication | E01–E03, E05–E07, M03, M15–M19, H03, H05, H06, H07, L01 | |
| (19) Labour policy effects on health and education | E01, E02, E05, M03, M18, M19, H03 | ||
| Access to healthcare | (20) School hygiene efforts | E01–E05, E07, M01–M03, M15, M17, M19 | |
| (21) Healthcare insurance in reality | H03, H04, H06, H07 |
Remarks: Codes were developed into categories and themes as: Theme 1: codes 1–10; Theme 2: codes 7, 11–15; Theme 3: codes 7, 14–17; Theme 4: codes 2, 3, 5, 16, 18–21. All details were listed in results section.