June 25th, 2007 by Rebecca Henschke 

Schools have become battleground in Southern Thailand. Teachers and schools are the targets of attacks by militant separatist fighters. On the other side the Thai military intimidates and spies on students studying in Islamic universities in countries like Indonesia. Nita Roshita under the SEPA scholarship traveled from Yogyakarta in Central Java to Pattani in Southern Thailand to investigate why education is being turned into a weapon.