By Wannapa Phetdee

A modern education centre located near Bangkok's Sri Ayutthya-Phyathai Intersection that houses renowned tutorial institutions has become a hot new meeting point for teenagers this summer.

All day long, teenagers flock to the Wanasorn building, aiming to increase their academic capacity.

"I've noticed that there are more students coming here during the long summer vacation than during the period when schools open," Thayini Jeerapornbundith, 15, and Natkittha Chatteerapat, 16, told Daily Xpress.

Crowded in the evenings

Even though there are fewer students during the school opening, they said they had often seen a crowded building after 6pm, when most of the students finished their tutorial classes.

"We can't use the elevators as they are full; it takes us about 30 minutes to go down from the 15th floor to the ground floor," they added.

The 18-storey building houses around 20 leading tutorial institutions. Students can choose to study several subjects, including mathematics, chemistry, physics, biology, Thai and English, basic engineering or even law.

Bt1-billion building

The Bt1-billion building belongs to a popular chemistry tutor known as 'Kru Ou' and her husband of the Chem-Ou Education Centre, which has been moved from Siam Square.

It's obviously seen that fewer teenagers and parents waiting for their children while they are being tutored go to the tutorial schools at Siam Square though it has been very popular among youngsters for years after the opening of this new trendy education centre.

Most of the Wanasorn building is taken up by the tutorial institutions, while food and beverage shops, a convenient store and a book store are located on the first and second floors.

Tanakij Jivacharoen, 13, and his elder brother from Pracha Uthit area are just two among the thousands that spend most of their day here during summer.

"My brother gets tutored in all four of his courses [biology, physics, mathematics and English] while I study two courses [mathematics and physics] here," Tanakij said as he waited patiently for his brother's classes to end for the day.

Tanakij has been attending classes here six days a week from Monday to Saturday. His one-month courses are due to end at the beginning of April.