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Covid-19 hastens university revolution
News, Dumrongkiat Mala, Published on 19/07/2020
» Radical disruption, driven by shifting demographics, rapid technological change, globalisation and the coronavirus pandemic is forcing universities to redefine their role and the value they provide to their students and society.
Six citizens in hospital after flying home
News, Dumrongkiat Mala, Published on 09/04/2020
» Six out of 32 Thais who recently returned from Japan on a repatriation flight were sent to hospital after failing a health screening test at Suvarnabhumi airport on Wednesday.
Dining on success of the Korean Wave
News, Dumrongkiat Mala, Published on 10/02/2020
» Neon signs written in Hangul adorn shopfronts from which loud K-pop music and the smell of barbecue grills seep into the air. For a moment, it would be easy to imagine this was a scene from Seoul rather than the heart of Bangkok.
Bangkok school sets balanced lunch example
News, Dumrongkiat Mala, Published on 18/07/2019
» Prathom 2 (Grade 2) students at Wat Makut Kasatriyaram School happily lined up in the canteen when the school director announced that they were going to have khao moo daeng (barbecued pork on rice), chicken soup and watermelon for lunch.
Preventing climate change in the face of urbanisation
News, Dumrongkiat Mala, Published on 26/05/2019
» Urbanisation in Southeast Asia is increasing at an overwhelming pace, at a rate five times that of the rest of the world.
Weaving a new way of life
Spectrum, Dumrongkiat Mala, Published on 01/04/2018
» Six years ago, a village home to the Khmu hill tribe was devastated by heavy flooding and mudflow in tambon Muaeng Kai of Chiang Mai's Mae Taeng district.
Govt seeks to close the great class divide
News, Dumrongkiat Mala, Published on 07/01/2018
» The Education Ministry came up with several strategies to improve the learning experiences for students at all levels last year. However, education analysts and research organisations have found a wide range of issues in the system, which they hope to fix within 2018.
Study: Children in South 'most malnourished'
News, Dumrongkiat Mala, Published on 19/09/2017
» Children in Thailand's southernmost provinces are the most malnourished, compared with children living in other parts of the country, according to a Unicef-sponsored survey on the situation of children and women in the far South.
End in sight for One District scholarship
News, Dumrongkiat Mala, Published on 19/08/2017
» The "One District, One Scholarship" (Odos) project, which provides high-performing but underprivileged students a shot at an international education, is likely to be scrapped as the Education Ministry wants to focus more on helping students pursue vocational studies.
TDRI urges govt to narrow education gap
News, Dumrongkiat Mala, Published on 27/05/2017
» Merging small schools with fewer than 20 students per class and increasing access to pre-school education are imperative if the government wants to narrow the education gap in Thailand, an academic suggests.