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Rayong students decry forced haircuts
Online Reporters, Published on 13/05/2025
» The school year has begun on a sour note for a group of girls in Rayong, who were given makeovers by scissors-wielding teachers who did not approve of their hairstyles.
Thai schools to determine student hairstyles after regulation change
News, Chairith Yonpiam, Published on 05/01/2025
» Thailand's Ministry of Education has revoked the regulation concerning hairstyles for students in public schools, ministry spokesman Siripong Angkasakulkiat said.
Ponzi scheme suspect cuffed at temple
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 07/07/2024
» A woman believed to be one of the suspects behind the OD Capital scam that caused over 5 million baht in losses has been arrested at a temple in Pathum Thani's Khlong Luang district.
Liberal hairstyles for LGBTQ+ students at Korat school
Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 06/05/2024
» A secondary school in the Northeast allows boys to wear "girlish" long hair and girls to have a "boyish" short haircut.
City Hall relaxes dress rules for students
Online Reporters, Published on 28/06/2023
» City Hall has relaxed dress rules at all 437 schools under its supervision to allow students to wear casual clothes and any hairstyle at least once a week.
Defiant student activist returns to school, again
Post Reporters, Published on 19/06/2023
» A 15-year-old activist on Monday morning walked into the school which has rejected her enrolment as "incomplete" and demanded her right to an education.
School head defends Yok's expulsion
News, Post Reporters, Published on 19/06/2023
» The Triam Udom Suksa Pattanakarn School has announced that activist Thanalop "Yok" Phalanchai is no longer a student there after she failed to complete the enrolment process.
Schools let their hair down
News, Apichin Chitviriyakul, Published on 02/03/2023
» Matthayom Wat Thatthong School in Bangkok's Watthana district is letting students express their gender identity through their hair and dress after ending its uniform short-hairstyle policy two years ago.
Mass haircut punishment spurs probe
News, Post Reporters, Published on 09/02/2023
» Education Minister Trinuch Thienthong has instructed state agencies to launch a probe into a school director and a teacher who allegedly cut students' hair as punishment for violating haircut rules in Phetchabun.
Ministry lifts 'unfair' rules on hairstyles
News, Post Reporters, Published on 25/01/2023
» The Ministry of Education has lifted its restrictions on how schools manage rules on hairstyles and will allow each to formulate their own policy, with student input if they wish.