Showing 1-10 of 43 results
-
Together we can end child labour
Oped, Published on 20/01/2023
» Some 62 million children in the Asia-Pacific region are in child labour. It is a simple sentence to write but far harder to comprehend. Spend a moment to think just how big that number is -- roughly similar to every child aged under 14 in the Philippines, Vietnam and Japan combined. Meanwhile, 28 million of them undertake hazardous work, risking their lives and health daily in sectors such as mining, agriculture and construction.
-
Act now to end online sex abuse
Oped, Published on 22/02/2022
» More children and young people are online than ever in the third year of Covid-19 and distance learning. Many are left without online supervision by parents and caregivers working away from home and lacking awareness of parental control tools.
-
Classrooms enhance value of learning
Oped, Published on 18/09/2021
» Thank goodness for Zoom and platforms like it. They have salvaged more than an entire academic year of study for our Thai university students.
-
Migrant workers and Covid limbo
Oped, Published on 17/09/2021
» Among the most vulnerable groups affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, Asean's migrant workers find themselves living in limbo.
-
Long way to go to end of Covid deaths, freedom
Oped, Published on 09/09/2021
» The upsurge of Covid-19 cases, hospitalisations, and deaths in the United States serves as a bitter reminder that the pandemic is not over. The global economy will not return to normal until the disease is under control everywhere.
-
Protecting the pachyderm
Life, Kanokporn Chanasongkram, Published on 09/08/2021
» One of last week's non-Covid 19 news was about a DLTV (Distance Learning Television) class for kindergarten students, whose teacher taught them the names of native animals.
-
Kids need help now
News, Editorial, Published on 20/07/2021
» Jiravithi Jitjak, a teacher from a state school in Nakhon Pathom province, submitted a letter to the House education committee on Saturday.
-
Fine Arts must up its game
Oped, Editorial, Published on 05/06/2021
» Two days after the Fine Arts Department tried to distance itself from controversial environmental impact assessment (EIA) reports on the construction of a high-speed train station in Ayutthaya -- a stone's throw away from the province's historical park that is a Unesco World Heritage site -- the agency suddenly made a U-turn.
-
Recovery requires coordinated development
Oped, Published on 15/01/2021
» The three main challenges Asean will face post-pandemic -- digitalisation, supply chains and human capital -- have been widely discussed. Each of these has been emphasised in the Asean Comprehensive Recovery Framework (ACRF) and its implementation plan. Undoubtedly, Asean's continued prosperity requires proper management of their evolution during the "new normal". But what needs to be emphasised is that digital technology adoption, supply chain resilience and skills development will be even more integrated in the post-pandemic world, and thus require a coordinated development strategy.
-
Not ready for online classes
News, Editorial, Published on 12/01/2021
» Not only has the resurgence of the novel coronavirus hit the country's public health sector -- and subsequently, its economy -- hard, but it has also exposed the disparities in the nation's education system.
Your recent history
-
Recently searched
-
Recently viewed links
Did you find what you were looking for? Have you got some comments for us?
