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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.
Court annuls 50-year-old regulation on student hairstyles
Saritdet Marukatat, Published on 05/03/2025
» The Supreme Administrative Court has revoked a controversial 50-year-old Education Ministry regulation that severely limited the way students could style their hair.
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.
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.
Teen activist presses school to take her in
News, Post Reporters, Published on 20/06/2023
» A 15-year-old political activist who was kicked out of school for allegedly failing to complete her enrolment process in time on Monday marched to the school in Bangkok, saying she has a right to an education.
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.
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.
BMA plans to relax uniform rule
News, Post Reporters, Published on 07/08/2022
» City Hall will relax regulations to allow students enrolled in 437 schools under its supervision to don casual wear once a week, says deputy Bangkok governor Sanont Wangsangboon.