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Scholarship programme opens doors
News, Jutamas Tadthiemrom, Published on 20/10/2025
» The International Schools Association of Thailand (ISAT) says it hopes to enhance Thailand's academic landscape in line with the national education policy, with a strong focus on improving opportunities for disadvantaged children and youth.
Data paints economy as 'black hole'
News, Chartchai Parasuk, Published on 12/12/2024
» I am known for being pessimistic about the Thai economy. Apart from encouraging official economic growth figures of 1.6% in Q1, 2.2% in Q2, and 3.0% in Q3, I do not think anyone can be optimistic about the economy. It is obvious that GDP data and the actual economic situation do not go hand in hand. It is beyond my comprehension that the non-performing loan (NPL) level rose 14.1% in Q3 while the economy expanded 3.0%. Shouldn't it be the opposite when debtor's income rises?
Are scientific breakthroughs on the decline?
News, F.D. Flam, Published on 27/12/2023
» This year had barely begun when scientists got some jolting news. On Jan 4, a paper appeared in Nature claiming that disruptive scientific findings have been waning since 1945. An accompanying graph showed all fields on a steep downhill slide.
Both parties to blame
News, Published on 03/07/2023
» Re: "MFP-Pheu Thai alliance on the rocks?" (Opinion, July 1).
Governor poll will be a contest of imagination
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 21/12/2021
» Imagination is more important than knowledge, Nobel Prize-winning physicist Albert Einstein famously once said. The Bangkok gubernatorial election, expected to be held early next year but has not been officially scheduled, looks set to be a fascinating contest of imagination.
Einstein assertion clarified
News, Post Reporters, Published on 16/12/2021
» Former university rector Suchatvee Suwansawat, a Democrat Party's candidate for the Bangkok governor election, says he did not mean to associate one of his former teachers in the United States with a famous scientist to boost his own campaign chances.
Kalamae in soup but govt claims can't be queried
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 02/02/2021
» Is she an ignorant celebrity? A greedy entrepreneur who cares less about ethics than her get-rich-quick goal? Or just another player in this crooked and corrupt field who was simply unfortunate enough to get caught?
Let's talk about sex
News, Postbag, Published on 22/01/2020
» "The Edutainment Continues", (Life, Jan 21), reveals something strange about the human condition; that one of the two most important experiences in life are taboo topics for social discourse and education. Everybody arrives here through sex, and everyone will die. These two factors are the only true common denominators about existence shared by all.
Take economic data with a grain of salt
News, Chartchai Parasuk, Published on 07/11/2019
» Originally, I planned to write an article titled "Albert Einstein and baht exchange rate". Then I said to myself, "Nope, let's not write another serious article this week". So, I decided to go for a lighter one about international rankings and ratings which the government often cites to reiterate that the Thai economy is in good shape. I never have understood why governments like to do this. Nobody cares about these figures. They care about their businesses, their jobs and their debts.
The paradoxes of Thai education
News, Rattana Lao, Published on 16/01/2019
» Professor Gerald W Fry of the University of Minnesota is an expert academic on the complexity of Thai education for the past seven decades. He is the editor of a new 744-page book, Education in Thailand: An Old Elephant in Search of a New Mahout, that is the equivalent of an encyclopedia of Thai education.