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Lessons from headmistress
News, Dumrongkiat Mala, Published on 29/03/2021
» Being taught by her mother about the importance of education and how it can change people's lives inspired Usa Somboon, the headmistress of International School Bangkok (ISB), to become a teacher and pursue a career within the field of education.
Bid to raise English skills of teachers
News, Dumrongkiat Mala, Published on 18/02/2021
» The Office of Basic Education Commission (Obec) is developing an online platform to assess and improve the English proficiency of Thai teachers nationwide.
Tests axed for school entry due to Covid
News, Dumrongkiat Mala, Published on 02/01/2021
» The Ordinary National Education Test (O-Net) scores will not be used as criteria for admitting students into Mathayom 1 (Grade 7) and Mathayom 4 (Grade 10) in the next academic year, according to the Ministry of Education.
Famous five tour demands end to student harassment
News, Dumrongkiat Mala, Published on 03/10/2020
» The Bad Student activist group yesterday visited five famous high schools in Bangkok in a truck to demand education reform and an end to the harassment of students and of school rules they say are outdated.
'Bad Students' take campaign to five top schools
Dumrongkiat Mala, Published on 02/10/2020
» Student activists staged a mobile protest that visited five well-known high schools in Bangkok on Friday to demand education reform, an end to harassment of students and scrapping of outdated school rules.
New education fund a boost for rural kids
News, Dumrongkiat Mala, Published on 06/08/2020
» The European Union (EU) yesterday launched a project called "ACCESS School" with total funding of one million euros (36.7 million baht) to improve 20,000 students' access to quality education in marginalised communities across Thailand.
Software to trace school hardship
News, Dumrongkiat Mala, Published on 30/07/2020
» The Equitable Education Fund (EEF) on Wednesday launched a new version of its Information System for Equitable Education management software to reduce inequality among students in the kingdom.
Rocky road to academic excellence
News, Dumrongkiat Mala, Published on 30/12/2019
» It seems 2019 was not the best year for the education system as Thai students still performed below the international average. Meanwhile, The Education Ministry's plan to merge small-sized schools with fewer than 40 students into larger ones sparked protests. Another issue was the school lunch scandal which sparked outrage when several schools nationwide served substandard lunch meals. On the bright side, the Education Ministry announced plans to introduce a bilingual education programme in about 2,000 public schools in the next academic year.
Pupils below global average
News, Dumrongkiat Mala, Published on 05/12/2019
» The Office of the Basic Education Commission has vowed to strengthen students' reading skills after pupils were found to be consistently performing below the international average in core subjects, according to the results of the international 2018 Programme for International Student Assessment (Pisa) examinations.
Poor grades for Thai students in PISA tests
Dumrongkiat Mala, Published on 04/12/2019
» Thai students are consistently performing below the international average in core subjects, according to the results of the international 2018 PISA examinations.