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'Learning boxes' help boost skills
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 11/08/2022
» The Covid-19 pandemic has disrupted the education system, affecting how students learn and testing teachers' ability to keep students engaged in online classes.
'Zero dropouts' billed as new school mantra
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 31/03/2022
» Bee Inthanon, 11, a fifth-grade student of Sin Rae Siam School in Ratchaburi's Suan Phueng district, knows all about hardship. For him, studying is a luxury -- second to putting bread on the table.
Ethnic customs 'may harm girls'
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 15/12/2021
» Certain local customs are actually forms of sexual violence, including a tradition among an ethnic group in the northern province of Phrae that approves of the marriage of girls as young as 13 years old, according to a lawyer and human rights activist.
'Close the vaccine gap': illegal migrants need help
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 27/06/2021
» The success of the national vaccination programme, which is seen as instrumental to creating herd immunity and reopening the country, depends on how inclusive it is.
Uni project aims to help communities
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 16/04/2021
» Elderly care does not only provide health checks and guidelines on self-care to senior citizens but it also improves safety and convenience in the environment they are living in.
Never too old to get physical
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 15/04/2021
» The elderly in Bangkok's Din Daeng district gather regularly to exercise. They are aware of research which suggests that exercising in their middle age is likely to keep them in good health for many years to come.
Medical hub lends more than a hand
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 27/03/2021
» Nine years ago, Amaraphon Ong-at-itthichai, a 59-year-old senior nurse working at the Friendship Therapy Centre of Panyananthaphikkhu Chonprathan Medical Centre in Nonthaburi's Pak Kret district, wondered why many near-recuperated patients became unhappy at the prospect of being discharged from the hospital.
Jobs 'big role' in Suu Kyi win
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 16/11/2020
» Infrastructure development in Myanmar and high levels of employment helped secure victory for the National League for Democracy (NLD) led by Aung San Suu Kyi in the election on Nov 8, according to a regional political expert.
Temple's free vegetables initiative sparks saving spree
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 18/10/2020
» Every Friday, Od can save up to 150 baht on her grocery shopping bill by collecting vegetables given away for free at Wat Bang Khonthi Nai in Samut Songkhram province.
Prawit attends launch of big data pilot
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 11/10/2020
» The government has announced a plan to use big data to locate and target the poor in a bid to reduce inequality and provide better, more systematic welfare.