Social development

Education and training

Education Council seeks clear picture on manpower required by EEC

Supat Champathong, secretary-general of the Office of Educational Council, said he will soon discuss the issue of the demand for manpower with the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC)’s Office chief Kanit Sangsubhan.He said he hopes this discussion will provide him with enough information to formulate an ...

Chularat Saengpassa

Student Loan Fund reduces default fines by 80%

The Student Loan Fund has reduced its fines by 75-80% for borrowers who have defaulted on their repayments, in a bid to curb student loan defaults, SLF manager Chainarong Katchapanan said.The fund has extended loans to 5.6 million borrowers since its launch in 1998. Of ...

Wichit Chantanusornsiri

Turning schools into 'learning communities'

The school of the 21st century should be a “learning community” in which every child has equal access, according to education specialist Nipaporn Kunlasomboon.Ms Nipaporn, who works for event organiser Pico (Thailand) Plc, said schools worldwide need to reform  through a vision called School as ...

Dumrongkiat Mala

Chuan says schools must focus on ethics

House Speaker and former prime minister Chuan Leekpai has called for children to be taught more about ethics and morality in schools, arguing it will lessen conflicts and problems in the country.Keep reading ...

Dumrongkiat Mala

Education ministry pushes for Environmental Education

The Ministry of Education is calling for the opening of more eco-schools to raise awareness of the need for world protection among schoolchildren.A conference on environmental education reforms was organized by Chulalongkorn University and the United Nations Environment Program as a brainstorming session among representatives ...

Tewit Kemtong

Universities must collaborate to meet huge EEC demand: Somkid

Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak has urged Thai universities to join with overseas counterparts and the business sector in efforts to meet the huge demand for skilled workers in the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC).Keep reading ...

Dumrongkiat Mala

Education Ministry targets short-term occupational courses

The Education Ministry directed vocational schools to create short-term programs to quickly train workers for industries targeted by the government’s Eastern Economic Corridor project.Deputy Education Minister Kanokwan Wilawan told educators meeting at the First Pacific Hotel and Convention Center Aug. 5 that schools should create ...

Govt to offer courses on dairy and rice farming

The Education Ministry’s Office of the Education Council (ONEC) held a workshop on Friday to brainstorm over guidelines for providing vocational courses in rice-growing and dairy-farming to boost the qualifications and competency of workers as part of the government’s “Smart Farmers” programme under its Quick ...

The Nation Reporter

Primary schools to start teaching coding: deputy education minister

Many of the public primary schools will start teaching coding in the second semester of the current school year, Deputy Education Minister Kalaya Sophonpanic said.She said the Education Ministry will not force some 30,000 schools nationwide to teach coding but would allow and support the ...

The Nation Reporter

Is Thailand ready for a third language?

Thailand’s Ministry of Education recently revealed that it would push for the inclusion of a third language: coding (computer programming language) into its school curriculum. Deputy Education Minister Kalaya Sophonpanich was responding to the proposal of teaching coding at schools from Future Forward MP Kulthida Roongruangkiat ...

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