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Students slip under hazing radar
News, Lamphai Intathep, Published on 10/11/2014
» Hazing rituals are known for putting first-year students through humiliating routines such as forcing them to drink alcohol or eat disgusting food.
SSC ban riles female monks
News, Lamphai Intathep, Published on 15/12/2014
» Being a Bhikkhuni, or female monk, is not easy in Thailand. They are not recognised by religious authorities, and women who want to be Bhikkhuni have to be ordained by religious figures from other Theravada Buddhist countries such as Sri Lanka.
1,000 pupils 'grapple with illiteracy'
News, Lamphai Intathep, Published on 23/09/2014
» More than 1,000 students in Prathom 3 and 6 (Grades 3 and 6) of schools in eight central provinces are functionally illiterate, says the Education Ministry's inspector-general.
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.
Ministry plans English teaching overhaul
News, Lamphai Intathep, Published on 08/12/2013
» The Education Ministry is pushing reforms it says will enhance English language proficiency among students and teachers.
Chaturon backs standardised tests
News, Lamphai Intathep, Published on 10/10/2013
» Education Minister Chaturon Chaisaeng wants to roll out standardised, nationwide tests for Prathom 3-5 (Grade 3-5) and Mathayom 1-2 (Grade 7-8) students.
Chaturon scraps Zone 3 tablet bid
News, Lamphai Intathep, Published on 06/08/2013
» Education Minister Chaturon Chaisaeng has scrapped a tablet procurement project to supply the devices to Mathayom 1 students and teachers in Zone 3 in the central and southern provinces over concerns of price rigging.
School staff protest, demand pay hike
News, Lamphai Intathep, Published on 18/09/2013
» School employees under the Office of the Basic Education Commission (Obec) protested at Government House and the Education Ministry yesterday demanding a pay rise.
Class repeat plan met with mixed verdict
News, Lamphai Intathep, Published on 20/09/2013
» Education Minister Chaturon Chaisaeng's idea to revive a regulation requiring students to repeat classes if they fail to pass an exam has drawn mixed reactions from education experts and a parents' association.
Teaching entry rules to be eased
News, Lamphai Intathep, Published on 29/06/2012
» Graduates with non-education degrees will find it easier to get teaching jobs, under a proposal before the government.