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Thai tongue twisters
Guru, Pornchai Sereemongkonpol, Published on 29/07/2022
» Happy National Thai Language Day! July 29 has been designated by the Cabinet as Thailand's National Thai Language Day since 1999. Although it isn't a day off, we should take some time off to appreciate how rich and beautiful the Thai language is. And to celebrate Thailand's mother tongue, here are a few Thai tongue twisters to practise with friends for some guaranteed fun, from noob to god level.
Fixing exam errors justly
Oped, Editorial, Published on 27/04/2022
» The Council of University Presidents of Thailand (CUPT) has made the right decision in allowing the exam results of pre-university students who failed to put in verification codes of the exam papers to be counted.
Fewer tests, more change
News, Editorial, Published on 28/12/2020
» Education Minister Nathapol Teepsuwan's recent decision to call off the Ordinary National Education Test (O-Net) for Prathom 6 (Grade 6) and Mathayom 3 (Grade 9) in the 2020 academic year was noteworthy. However, more needs to be done if the minister truly wants to improve the education system.
Progress needs level playing field
Oped, Published on 12/05/2020
» 'Congratulations!" I told Saw, my best friend from Satit Pathumwan, on being accepted into Chulalongkorn Medical School. At school, she was one of the brightest students around. I watched in awe as she placed 29th out of more than 10,000 students applying to the science-math track at Triam Udom Suksa High School; she would later receive a scholarship from the Thai government to study at an American college.
Prayut faces exam fiasco
News, Editorial, Published on 08/01/2019
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha rather curtly ordered tens of thousands of students to continue waiting but the young people have a point about their examination dates. When he suggested Feb 24 for an election date, Gen Prayut "forgot" that university entrance exams already had been scheduled for Feb 18-23.
Tutor classes are a tough school
Life, Kanokporn Chanasongkram, Published on 10/10/2016
» Getting into Thai universities has always been a big deal for most Thai kids during this time of year. The 2017 admission process begins with the first entrance exams scheduled for the end of the month. Family pressure, peer pressure, you name it, is there.
Uni exam overhaul just the beginning
News, Editorial, Published on 28/08/2016
» The Office of the Higher Education Commission and representatives of universities nationwide recently decided to change the entrance examination. If things go as planned, the current system where each university arranges its own examination and admits students directly will be scrapped in two years.
The big issue: Have gun, will travel
Alan Dawson, Published on 28/06/2015
» There have been two questions about the year's most eventful trip to Japan from the start. Did Pol Lt Gen Kamronwit Thoopkrachang know he was carrying? Did the Suvarnabhumi airport security staff fail to find a gun that was about to carried aboard a Thai International Airways flight to Japan?
It's summer — time to study?
Life, Kanokporn Chanasongkram, Published on 18/03/2015
» It's the big summer school break, supposedly relaxing rush hour traffic until the new academic year begins in mid-May.
Postbag: Forget compromise
News, Published on 24/01/2015
» Thitinan Pongsudhirak asserts, “A ‘third-way’ compromise is imperative”, (Opinion, Jan 23). The law cannot be compromised to appease certain parties.