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Educational bullying
News, Postbag, Published on 18/05/2020
» Re: "Mis-education of Hong Kong", (Editorial, May 17).
An educational lifeline
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 02/04/2018
» Ten-year-old Andrew* and elder sister Angelina*, 16, are from a family of six Pakistani Christian asylum seekers whose only respite from anxious thoughts is when they attend school.
An educational lifeline
Published on 30/03/2018
» Published caption::Pakistani Christian asylum seekers learn in this tiny room they call ‘school’.
Institutions of capitalism
Life, Published on 23/03/2021
» Make-or-break entrance exams began over the weekend despite some high-schoolers asking the Central Administrative Court to postpone the troubled Thai University Central Admission System (TCAS) last week. However, the agency dismissed the petition because it was not clear whether rescheduling TCAS exams is legal or not and that abruptly postponing the exams would affect many students and the organisers.
Educational books mark coronation
News, Dumrongkiat Mala, Published on 26/02/2019
» The Culture Ministry on Monday released three books to provide knowledge and understanding of the royal coronation ceremonies to be held from May 4 to 6.
Bridging the educational divide
Life, Published on 12/04/2021
» In Mae Hong Son's Ban Nai Soi village, 4km by gravel road from the nearest teacher, learners have faced almost insurmountable barriers to formal education. The road is difficult to travel during flood season, there is no access to the internet and electricity is extremely limited, requiring generators and solar power.
Keeping democratic institutions weak
Oped, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 22/07/2022
» The worst thing one can do in Thai politics is to run for office and win by a landslide. When this happens, the knives will come out and the massive election winner will be overthrown before long -- one way or another -- because the real source of power in Thailand is unelected. Such was the fate of Thaksin Shinawatra when he spearheaded the Thai Rak Thai Party to win two landslide poll victories in January 2001 and February 2005, first a near majority and later a thumping 75% of the lower house of parliament.
A culture of educational research
Oped, Published on 10/08/2023
» Why doesn't education in Thailand improve, just like the quantity of research in education? Because it is the quality, and not the quantity, of research that makes the biggest impact on the lives of students.
Rethinking national prosperity through institutions
News, Published on 13/11/2024
» Each autumn, a telephone call from Stockholm launches one or a few scholars to international fame with the bestowal of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences -- a process that Irving Wallace dramatised in his 1962 potboiler The Prize.
Redefining the educational landscape in hospitality
Published on 17/09/2019
» In a world of rising nationalism, International travel has taken on a greater importance, providing tourists with a wider range of opportunities and choices, which had not been previously available. Thailand is one of the world's most visited countries, with Bangkok being ranked recently as number one in the world (20.5 million) for international visitors. The expansion of international tourism has helped drive economic growth, creating a booming glut of hotel construction. There is, however, an insufficient skilled workforce to properly staff these new operations.