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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.
Anti-alcohol groups urge college probe
News, Dumrongkiat Mala, Published on 07/02/2019
» Thirty representatives from Thailand Alcohol Watch and the Youth Network of New Face Drinker Prevention yesterday submitted a petition demanding the Office of the Private Education Commission (Opec) investigate and punish Montfort College, a private school in Chiang Mai, for allowing alcohol sales on its premises.
Casual move provokes serious stir
News, Dumrongkiat Mala, Published on 14/01/2019
» School uniform has become a hot issue in Thailand over the past week after the country's first all-boys private school, Bangkok Christian College (BCC), implemented a "casual Tuesdays" policy, allowing students to ditch their uniforms once a week.
Thai universities struggle to keep up
News, Dumrongkiat Mala, Published on 04/01/2019
» The year 2019 will be a challenging year for over 300 Thai universities as they struggle with two major challenges.
Unlocking the future through educational reform
News, Dumrongkiat Mala, Published on 30/12/2018
» Throughout 2018, much happened in the field of education. Issues involving both the system and personnel were addressed. Here's a list of the top five headlines from the year.
Migrant kids get chance to blossom
News, Dumrongkiat Mala, Published on 26/11/2018
» Three years ago, Chit Ko, a son of ethnic migrant workers, almost had to drop out of school, after his parents asked their son to start working to support the family.
Kids caught in vicious cycle of violence
News, Dumrongkiat Mala, Published on 21/11/2018
» Three out of five children aged 1-14 years in Thailand have experienced some form of emotional violence and over half have been subjected to physical punishment, while 4% have endured severe disciplinary maltreatment by family members, according to the latest research by the World Vision Foundation of Thailand (WVFT).
Pilot teacher-training courses veer from rote learning
News, Dumrongkiat Mala, Published on 12/10/2018
» The Office of the Basic Education Commision (Obec) plans to launch a two-week teacher-training programme to educate its preschool, kindergarten and elementary school teachers on an approach that focuses on reducing the gap between rich and poor students in terms of their academic achievements.
Parents slam school bullying response
News, Dumrongkiat Mala, Published on 12/10/2018
» The parents of an autistic 4th grader at Ban Dong School in Dok Kham Tai district of Phayao province, who was videotaped being bullied and assaulted by a group of 8th graders, has demanded harsher punishment for her daughter's attackers.
Small schools to shut to 'solve' teacher shortage
News, Dumrongkiat Mala, Published on 29/09/2018
» The Office of the Basic Education Commission (Obec) has set a target to close half of all schools with less than 120 students and merge them with larger ones nearby within three years to improve the quality of education and to solve a teacher shortage.