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Safety first for swimmers
Oped, Editorial, Published on 21/10/2023
» School break seasons in Thailand — the first from March to May and the second from October to November — are a time when drowning accidents among children 15 years old and below rise substantially.
Reform state care to protect kids
News, Editorial, Published on 11/06/2023
» The recent child abuse scandal in a girls' orphanage in Saraburi serves as a wake-up call for comprehensive reform of state orphanages to ensure the safety and well-being of vulnerable children in state-run shelters.
Enlist qualified school teachers
News, Editorial, Published on 04/10/2020
» If Thai children are to receive the very best learning experience, the authorities must revamp child protection policies in the education system and ensure that all school faculty staff members are qualified to work with young students.
Act fast on swine flu
News, Editorial, Published on 23/07/2019
» The emergence of an H1N1 "swine flu" epidemic with heavy fatalities in Myanmar, an immediate neighbour of ours, should put Thai health officials on red alert.
Teachers must learn
News, Editorial, Published on 23/07/2018
» The increasing call to help heavily indebted teachers is a reflection of deep failure at so many levels. As the government rightly points out, teachers collectively have acted irresponsibly in accumulating debts totalling 418 billion baht from the special Government Savings Bank (GSB) fund. The teachers claim the government and its bank have encouraged borrowing. And critics are correct to note that the vast majority of the borrowings were mainly for personal enjoyment and buying consumer items.
Rid English of rote-learning
News, Editorial, Published on 08/06/2016
» Education authorities are going to try again to bring up the standards of English proficiency. Two notable decisions have been announced in the past week. Government schools, beginning in November, will increase the amount of time teaching English to the youngest students by five times -- five hours a week instead of the current one hour. The Khurusapha Teachers Council decided that it must re-test every English teacher in the system, foreign and Thai, to make sure they are qualified in the language, and have the proper documentation.
School days, school daze
News, Editorial, Published on 03/11/2015
» It is difficult to know whether discussions on education last week were a tiny step forward or merely a demonstration of the massive problem. Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha chaired a meeting of the national education and policy development committee, known as the "education superboard". Led by the prime minister, members decided that the quality of education is unsatisfactory, and needs improvement, from elementary up to high school levels. In short, the superboard now agrees with what everyone knew years ago.