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Editorial on education: Call for complete transparency
Jon Fernquest, Published on 30/05/2012
» Secret "donations" get rich students in & keep poor students out of best schools. Only complete transparency ensures equal access to education.
Govt rice prices ignore global markets: Road to ruin?
Jon Fernquest, Published on 21/05/2012
» Paying for rice far above world market prices, govt may be destroying Thailand's rice sector & handing leadership to India & Vietnam.
Voices of the silent
Spectrum, Ezra Kyrill Erker, Published on 11/03/2012
» Last Thursday was International Women's Day, an occasion that for a century has served for people to demand greater civil rights, representation and equality; to honour wives, mothers and girlfriends and the accomplishments of women; to call for an end to global hunger and poverty; and, increasingly, to highlight the plight of refugees and the displaced.
Tablets: Chinese company wins contract
Jon Fernquest, Published on 06/03/2012
» A Chinese company will supply 900,000 tablets for Prathom 1 students at US$81 (2,482 baht) each. Mathayom 1 students next in line.
Packaged rice: Over 250 brands
Jon Fernquest, Published on 22/02/2012
» Selling rice in bags marked with a brandname to stores or delivering direct to homes remains a profitable business.
"Free education" not really free
Jon Fernquest, Published on 17/02/2012
» Test scores & education quality falling. Lack of accountability the problem, not money, 20% of govt budget to education, more than ASEAN neighbors.
Apple vs. Lenovo: Tablets in Thai schools
Jon Fernquest, Published on 07/12/2011
» Round #1, a one year project aimed at educational content for Thai students. Major computer companies bid to provide tablets & content.
Everybody's going to get a raise
Jon Fernquest, Published on 22/09/2011
» New govt workers with university degrees starting at 15,000 per month was the original plan, now it looks like almost everyone has to get a raise.
The tablet giveaway explained
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 18/08/2011
» New education minister Worawat Ua-apinyakul clearly believes the PC tablet giveaway is a winning policy. Yesterday he told the Bangkok Post how it will be implemented
ABCs of gemstones and the British Crown Jewels
Published on 06/05/2011
» The Koh-iNoor diamond? The Black Prince's Ruby? Don't know them yet? Learn also how to choose gemstones.