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Lottery draws for school places face axe
News, Lamphai Intathep, Published on 16/04/2014
» The controversial lottery system used to decide places at government high schools could be scrapped.
School chief ‘sorry’ for band funding
News, Lamphai Intathep, Published on 04/04/2014
» The director of Satriwittaya 2 School has issued a public apology for encouraging schoolchildren to ask a businessman to sponsor a school marching band trip to the Netherlands to take part in a music contest.
Students ‘in shock’ over leaked clip
News, Lamphai Intathep, Published on 03/04/2014
» A member of Satriwithaya 2 School’s marching band admits that a voice on a leaked audio clip about the school’s efforts to seek business funding for an overseas trip belongs to him.
Obec steps into school row
News, Lamphai Intathep, Published on 02/04/2014
» The Office of the Basic Education Commission (Obec) will investigate a leaked audio clip which sheds new light on a controversy concerning Satriwithaya 2 School's efforts to seek business funding for its marching band.
Panel drafts school tablet specifications
News, Lamphai Intathep, Published on 01/04/2014
» The Education Ministry yesterday unveiled tablet specifications for Prathom 1 and Mathayom 1 students in the 2014 academic year.
Ministry bids to boost country’s Pisa ranking
News, Lamphai Intathep, Published on 31/03/2014
» The Education Ministry has launched a number of strategies to try and boost the country's global ranking in the Programme for International Student Assessment (Pisa).
Chinese, Thai firms win tablet auctions
News, Lamphai Intathep, Published on 27/03/2014
» Chinese company Haier Electrical Appliances and the Thai Transmission Industry (TTI) yesterday won electronic auctions to supply 800,000 tablets for Prathom 1 (Grade 1) students nationwide in the so-called zones 1 and 2 respectively.
Syllabus shakeup to be piloted
News, Lamphai Intathep, Published on 25/03/2014
» A revised version of the national curriculum will be piloted in 100 schools in the 2014 academic year which starts in May.
Niets floats new graduate exam
News, Lamphai Intathep, Published on 24/03/2014
» Potential university graduates must undertake national exams to assess their performance before graduation under a National Institute of Education Testings Service (Niets) plan for next year.
Ministry pulls plug on 'late' tablet order
News, Lamphai Intathep, Published on 22/03/2014
» The Education Ministry has decided to terminate another tablet order contract for Mathayom 1 (Grade 7) students because of an almost three-month delivery delay.