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Long-overdue end of O-Net exams
News, Dumrongkiat Mala, Published on 02/01/2021
» For the past 15 years, the Ordinary National Education Test (O-Net) has been the target of criticism. Introduced to test the academic proficiency of students nationwide in 2005, it has been attacked for its failure to improve their knowledge and skills.
Klong Toey's struggle amid virus
News, Dumrongkiat Mala, Published on 10/05/2020
» The new coronavirus disease pandemic has shaken the lives of everyone. Among those who are suffering most are children whose parents have lost their jobs amid the Covid-19 lockdowns and parents who want to see their offspring grow up with a good education.
Battle to nourish young minds
News, Dumrongkiat Mala, Published on 03/01/2020
» The Education Ministry has announced it will take tough action against schools caught misusing funds for school lunches after the scandal came to light last year.
Cut school years: Dhanin
News, Dumrongkiat Mala, Published on 05/12/2019
» PARIS: In this digital era, students should be spending far fewer years in school and university and more time gaining real experience, so they can re-skill themselves and keep up with the pace of technological development, Thailand's richest man Dhanin Chearavanont said.
Domestic dental scanner bags prestigious award
News, Dumrongkiat Mala, Published on 11/11/2019
» The National Science and Technology Development Agency's (NSTDA) research team -- which consists of 19 people -- is responsible for developing DentiiScan 2.0, the first Thai-made cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) dental scanner. The team was recently presented with the Outstanding Technologist Award 2019 by the Foundation for the Promotion of Science and Technology under the Patronage of His Majesty the King.
Obec urged to relax school intake rules
News, Dumrongkiat Mala, Published on 09/10/2019
» Executives of Secondary Educational Service Area Offices in Bangkok have requested that the Office of Basic Education Commission (Obec) relax its student intake criteria for the next academic year.
Bangkok school sets balanced lunch example
News, Dumrongkiat Mala, Published on 18/07/2019
» Prathom 2 (Grade 2) students at Wat Makut Kasatriyaram School happily lined up in the canteen when the school director announced that they were going to have khao moo daeng (barbecued pork on rice), chicken soup and watermelon for lunch.
Education policy continuity key, says Chula don
News, Dumrongkiat Mala, Published on 16/04/2019
» Three weeks have passed since the general election, but it remains unclear which party -- the pro-military government Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP) or the Pheu Thai Party -- will head the new government.
School chiefs told to clean up admissions
News, Dumrongkiat Mala, Published on 13/02/2019
» Education expert Sompong Jitradub has urged the Office of the Basic Education Commission (Obec) to do more in its bid to purge bribery from state school admissions by scrapping all seven special entry conditions instead of only three.
From 'wasteland' to learning utopia
News, Dumrongkiat Mala, Published on 20/03/2018
» Students have shown their interest in joining programmes launched by the Thai Health Promotion Foundation (ThaiHealth) that aim to encourage them to spend their free time more constructively during the long school break.