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  • OPINION

    Thailand must pass English test

    News, Umesh Pandey, Published on 12/11/2017

    » It would not come as a surprise to anybody that the latest English proficiency index showed that Thailand's standing remained close to where it was a year ago. Thailand was ranked 53rd out of 80 non-native English-speaking countries and territories in the EF English Proficiency Index 2017. This was a slight improvement from its 56th position out of 72 countries in 2016 and 62nd place out of 70 countries in 2015.

  • OPINION

    VAT increase low on govt priorities

    News, Umesh Pandey, Published on 21/05/2017

    » The rubber-stamp parliament of the coup leaders gave Thai people yet another scare over the past week when it announced it was looking to raise value-added tax (VAT) by another percentage point.

  • OPINION

    Valuable lessons from falling ranking

    News, Umesh Pandey, Published on 19/03/2017

    » Many of my friends were excited to see their universities continue to rule the charts in Thailand when the annual ranking of universities in Asia was announced late last week. The jubilation of those graduating from the likes of Mahidol, King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi (KMUTT) or Chulalongkorn University was all good, but little did anyone appreciate that all of these revered institutions actually saw their rankings slip from the previous survey.

  • OPINION

    PM should show courage in cabinet reshuffle

    Oped, Umesh Pandey, Published on 09/12/2016

    » Speculation about who will be in and who will be out of the next cabinet of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has begun again and its intensity will only increase in coming weeks.

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