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Robots tipped to snuff out graduates' job hopes
News, Dumrongkiat Mala, Published on 12/09/2018
» By 2030, 72% of university graduates in Thailand could be either unemployed or working in a job that does not require a bachelor's degree as their jobs will have been taken away by artificial intelligence (AI) and robots, according to Udom Kachinthorn, Deputy Minister of Education.
Multilingual schools improve performance
News, Dumrongkiat Mala, Published on 08/09/2018
» Thailand should adopt multilingual education policies in ethnic schools where students are allowed to speak their native dialects to reduce social and educational disparities, according to a new report prepared by Unicef and Mahidol University.
New ministry aims to upgrade workforce
News, Dumrongkiat Mala, Published on 25/08/2018
» University courses that yield a high number of unemployed graduates, or which focus on skills that are not in line with the 20-year national strategy or Thailand 4.0 vision, will be hit with funding cuts once the new tertiary education, research and innovation ministry is set up, according to Deputy Minister of Education Dr Udom Kachintorn.
University challenge
News, Dumrongkiat Mala, Published on 12/08/2018
» The new semester is about to begin at many universities this week. Usually, that would mean a lively buzz returning to classrooms in campuses across Thailand that had been empty over the long break.
Prosthetists get a leg up at Mahidol
News, Dumrongkiat Mala, Published on 23/07/2018
» Mahidol University's Sirindhorn School of Prosthetics & Orthotics (SSPO) has produced the first batch of Afghan prosthetists and orthotists via its distance learning programme.
New mission begins to restore cave
News, Dumrongkiat Mala, Published on 12/07/2018
» For many, the mission is over as all 12 boys and their 25-year-old coach trapped inside Tham Luang cave in Chiang Rai for 18 days are now in the hands of doctors, but for 260 people still working at the muddy site around the cave entrance, the mission is not done yet, or even just begun.
Football pitch turns into ghost town
News, Dumrongkiat Mala, Published on 10/07/2018
» For the past 16 days, the pitch at Mae Sai Football Club in Chiang Rai has been eerily quiet as students have been fixated on the gruelling rescue operation to extract 12 team members and their coach from the flooded Tham Luang cave.
Refugee kids 'held in squalor'
Spectrum, Dumrongkiat Mala, Published on 08/07/2018
» Significant trauma is being experienced by refugee children being held in Thailand's squalid immigration detention centres (IDCs), claims a new report from Save the Children, a non-governmental organisation that promotes children's rights, provides relief and helps support children in developing countries.
Triam Udom Suksa student wins at TCAS
News, Dumrongkiat Mala, Published on 05/07/2018
» A student from Triam Udom Suksa Pattanakarn School in Bangkok has received top scores in the fourth round of this year's Central Admission System (TCAS).
Graft taints success of Thai students
News, Dumrongkiat Mala, Published on 25/06/2018
» The effort to root out corruption problems inside the Ministry of Education is making headway despite facing headwinds, says Lt Gen Kosol Prathumchart, an adviser to Education Minister who is now dealing with more than 50 graft cases in the ministry.