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One in ten kids face food poverty: UN
News, Post Reporters, Published on 08/06/2024
» One in ten Thai children under five years old experience severe food poverty, while globally, one in four kids face similar struggles, according to a new report from the United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef).
Virus curbs harm student performance
News, Post Reporters, Published on 06/08/2022
» Young children are reportedly falling behind in their learning during the Covid-19 pandemic, and researchers are urging everyone concerned to speed up countermeasures and help them catch up for their future.
Grade 1 students pass IQ standard
News, Post Reporters, Published on 12/05/2022
» Intelligence quotient (IQ) tests of Thai first-grade students have shown they surpass the international standard score while their emotional quotient (EQ) score is in the average range, says the Ministry of Public Health.
Many Thai families 'not equipped' for online school switch
News, Post Reporters, Published on 06/04/2022
» More than half of Thai families are not adequately equipped for their children to receive online education, a report revealed on the same day the United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) released its own joint reflection on the impact of Covid-19 on education.
Onlookers to child beating face action
News, Post Reporters, Published on 28/09/2020
» The Office of the Private Education Commission (Opec) will on Monday ask executives at the privately-run Sarasas Witaed Ratchaphruek School to take legal action against staff members who watched a teacher beat young children but did nothing to stop it.
Child development plan to focus on teenage girls
News, Post Reporters, Published on 17/06/2020
» The government is urgently reviewing its early childhood development plan to put more emphasis on girls of a child-bearing age in an effort to stem adolescent pregnancies.
UN praises Thailand for strides in early schooling
News, Post Reporters, Published on 12/04/2019
» The United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef), that works for children's rights and development, has praised Thailand for its success in promoting early childhood education programmes.
Council to standardise early education
News, Post Reporters, Published on 05/01/2019
» The cabinet has given the nod to a draft regulation to enhance the quality of early childhood education, according to the Office of the Education Council.
School exam flexibility given a boost
News, Post Reporters, Published on 12/12/2018
» The Independent Committee for Education Reform (ICER) has decided to delete a section in the Early Childhood Development Bill requiring schools not to arrange an entrance examination for Prathom 1 students.
Parents urge end to 'stressful' Grade 1 kids' entrance tests
News, Post Reporters, Published on 21/09/2018
» The government has been petitioned to discontinue Prathom 1 (Grade 1) entrance tests by a group of parents who say the exams cause stress among children.