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Charter needs uncorrupting
News, Editorial, Published on 30/08/2019
» Touted by its drafters as an anti-corruption tool, the 2017 constitution features many strict measures aimed to promote good governance and prevent graft.
Scandal needs closer watch
News, Editorial, Published on 03/12/2018
» It has been a year since Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon showed off his diamonds and a costly watch too ostentatiously to miss. It occurred at Government House as ministers gathered for a portrait-photoshoot of the "Prayut 5" cabinet. Gen Prawit raised his hand to shield his eyes from the sun, his cuff shot up, and Bangkok Post photographer Chanat Katanyu framed and caught the display of costly bling in a now-classic photo.
Ghost pupils haunt system
News, Editorial, Published on 27/11/2018
» The Ministry of Education has had many corruption cases revealed this year. Some have been of the most venal kind, including theft of funds for student meals, with pupils served starvation lunches. Officials now are trying to dismiss another significant corruption outrage as some sort of minor bookkeeping error. They must not get away with it.
A test of the election date
News, Editorial, Published on 29/10/2018
» The regime claims that it has just discovered that its advertised, "most likely" date for the general election will horrendously clash with another, hugely important event. For some time, the government has been teasing the likelihood for a general election on Feb 24. However, late last week came the "discovery" that tens of thousands young men and women will be busy in the midst of something else that day: University entrance exams, which will be held between Feb 18-23.
Schools must be tolerant
News, Editorial, Published on 03/07/2018
» A stealthy order signed last month by the Minister of Education has brought unnecessary attention and divisive policies back to the deep South. The minister, Teerakiat Jareonsettasin, published in the Royal Gazette a new ruling on student dress which in essence, allows administrators of schools located on Buddhist temple land to decide if they will ban the use of the Muslim hijab headdress by girls.
Stealing from students
News, Editorial, Published on 26/06/2018
» The decades of rot and wrongdoing are starting to emerge at the Ministry of Education. Dozens of cases of greed and conspiracies to defraud children and the nation have been exposed. Up until now, the minister, his bureaucrats and the government have been silent or even engaged in cover-ups.
Minister flunks test
News, Editorial, Published on 23/06/2018
» Education Minister Teerakiat Jareonsettasin has been barking up the wrong tree. In making his recent demands to the organiser of the 2018 Programme for International Student Assessment (Pisa), the minister seemed more anxious about the rankings of Thai students in the eyes of the world than their actual academic improvement.
Tick tock on 'watchgate'
News, Editorial, Published on 15/02/2018
» Harsh comments by Education Minister Dr Teerakiat Jareonsettasin over the watch scandal involving deputy premier and regime "big brother" Gen Prawit Wongsuwon have caused quite a stir.