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Tutorial schools eyed for tax hit
News, Lamphai Intathep, Published on 12/12/2014
» Permanent secretary for education Suthasri Wongsamarn will hold talks with the Finance and Commerce ministries about taxing highly profitable tutorial schools.
Obec seeks B3bn for poor pupils
News, Lamphai Intathep, Published on 29/09/2014
» The Office of the Basic Education Commission (Obec) is seeking an almost 3-billion-baht budget to support poor students at primary and secondary levels.
Procurement scandal costs Sasithara job
News, Lamphai Intathep, Published on 20/03/2014
» Education Council secretary-general Sasithara Pichaicharnnarong has been sacked for her role in approving a problematic multi-billion-baht procurement project for vocational colleges three years ago.
School staff protest, demand pay hike
News, Lamphai Intathep, Published on 18/09/2013
» School employees under the Office of the Basic Education Commission (Obec) protested at Government House and the Education Ministry yesterday demanding a pay rise.
'Alternative education ignored in merger plan'
News, Lamphai Intathep, Published on 26/05/2013
» The Education Ministry's controversial plan to close small schools and merge them with larger ones has been in the headlines since Education Minister Phongthep Thepkanchana urged the Office of the Basic Education Commission (Obec) to speed up the process. Chatchawan Thongdeelert, secretary-general of the Thai Alternative Education Council Association (Taeca), a nongovernmental organisation and a key opponent of the plan, discussed why he thinks the plan ignores key issues.
Clashing on historic grounds
News, Lamphai Intathep, Published on 18/03/2013
» The historical issue is very sensitive and all sides have some historical rationale that allows them to claim the rights to the land. So a third party must step in.
Assumption teachers renew pay protest
News, Lamphai Intathep, Published on 11/02/2013
» Teachers at Assumption College have continued to wear black ribbons to classes in a protest for pay rises and against a cut in allowances.
New graduate fund opens for business
News, Lamphai Intathep, Published on 13/12/2012
» New university graduates can borrow up to 3 million baht each under the government's Tang Tua Dai (self-sustained) Fund, launched yesterday.
Onet to gauge teacher standings
News, Lamphai Intathep, Published on 01/12/2012
» Students' Ordinary National Education Test (Onet) scores will be used to consider whether teachers will receive professional academic accreditation.
Harmony, understanding touted as key part of learning
News, Lamphai Intathep, Published on 24/11/2012
» Unesco's "Learning to live together" concept should be adopted by education policymakers to foster mutual understanding and harmony in a conflict-plagued world, an international forum on education has been told.