• OPINION

  Uni hurts its own cause

  News, Editorial, Published on 14/09/2015

  » A military camp will play host to 53 transgender female students of Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University from Monday until Wednesday, with the aim of adjusting their attitudes. They got in a spot of trouble late last month for participating in a poorly thought-out hazing ceremony that had them dancing and performing simulated sex. If that was out of line - and it certainly was - what are we to think of this university's punishment, its attitude toward the students in the first place and even its own record on hazing?

• OPINION

  Undo hazing shackle

  News, Editorial, Published on 07/08/2015

  » August does not only mark the start of the first semester of universities and colleges. It also kicks off the hazing season which refuses to go away despite numerous premature deaths from hazing violence.

• OPINION

  Hairstyles a rights issue

  News, Editorial, Published on 06/07/2020

  » The protests of a group of school students against teachers who continue to enforce rigid haircut requirements hint at the answer to a far wider problem with the Thai education system.

• OPINION

  Unsafe schooling

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 07/02/2024

  » Schools are supposed to be safe zones -- more akin to a second home for students where they can learn, gain new experiences, improve their skills and forge friendships.

• OPINION

  NACC in trouble again

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 14/12/2023

  » A decision of the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) to hand swift and severe punishment to a kind-hearted teacher in Chiang Mai has triggered public uproar and raises questions about the need for such a heavy-handed sentence.

• OPINION

  Scouts need a rethink

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 08/08/2023

  » The news about a male Thai scout leader wandering into a female shower block at a global scout meeting in South Korea last week brought unwanted attention to the scout movement in Thailand.

• OPINION

  Sex ed needs revamping

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 14/02/2023

  » Valentine's Day has become an event that policymakers and advocacy groups in Thailand use to launch campaigns against unwanted pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases and other gender issues. This year is no different.

• OPINION

  Regrettable hostess pics

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 04/05/2022

  » The damage was done but the eventual resignation of the Silpakorn University president over his photos of a female air stewardess with a risque caption posted on social media is still welcome.

• OPINION

  Uniform rule needs review

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 11/02/2022

  » When a teacher in Uthai Thani spotted a number of her students coming to school without wearing a singlet to conceal their bras under their uniform, she became so infuriated that she told them to line up and ordered a group of boys to stare at their breasts.

• OPINION

  Education system failing

  News, Editorial, Published on 15/11/2021

  » A small news item that went viral last week was about the shocking resignation of a young female teacher teaching at an elementary school in Nakhon Sawan province. Her reasons for leaving the career she had devoted her life to reflect not only the predicament state teachers are facing, but the fundamental root problem of the deteriorating quality of Thai education.

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