Social development
Education and training
Education minister considering use of e-books in schools
The Education Ministry is considering having students use e-book readers instead of textbooks, after a girl in Khon Kaen suffered a spinal deformity doctors suspect was caused by shouldering a heavy schoolbag.It had not been concluded that the weight of the books was the only ...
Bangkok Post Reporter
Education Ministry to push for coding as third language for Thai students
Thailand’s Ministry of Education will push for the inclusion of a third ‘language’, coding (computer programming language), in the curricula of Thai students, from kindergarten level if possible, said Deputy Education Minister Kalaya Sophonpanich on Friday.Keep reading ...
Maths lags in innovation race
The government should put more effort into improving children’s mathematics skills to handle changes in the current world, an academic said, amid signs that the country is lagging regional competitors in innovation development.While science and mathematics are keys to innovation, there is big room for ...
Kornchanok Raksaseri
Education Ministry urged to see whole picture, instead of tackling problems on a case-by-case basis
Thailand’s education sector is like a mountain and the only way it can be reformed is if problems are solved after taking an overview instead of just handling issues when they arise, a former chairperson of the Independent Committee for Education Reform (ICER) said, as ...
Chularat Saengpassa
All eyes on new team at helm of Education Ministry
Thanks to the formation of the new government, a new man and two deputies have taken the helm of the Education Ministry. And while hopes for better changes emerge, many doubts are also surfacing.Education Minister Nataphol Teepsuwan from the coalition leader Phalang Pracharat Party has ...
Chularat Saengpassa
MoU inked to solve staff shortages
The Equitable Education Fund has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with state agencies to give scholarships to 300 students for the 2020 semester to address the shortage of teaching staff in remote areas.Through the khru rak thin programme, which means “teachers love the homeland”, ...
Bangkok Post Reporter
Ministry urges unis to control hazing rites
The Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation has warned universities nationwide to strictly regulate their annual initiation rites for freshmen or so-called rab nong ceremonies and ban all activities which can cause harm to students.Keep reading ...
Dumrongkiat Mala
TEP holds forum on Thai education development
The Thailand Education Partnership (TEP) has launched a platform for all sectors to share their ideas on education development in the country to adapt to global changes.Keep watching ...
Can ‘alternative schools’ revolutionise Thai education and improve children's capabilities?
The school children of Huay Pan are getting ready for their afternoon lesson where they will be taught about water.There is nothing particularly unusual about what their teacher has got planned for them, with one exception. The classroom will be the Nan River, a 740-km ...
Ideas in place to reverse decline in Thai education
The decades-long downward trend in the quality of Thai education can be reversed if key proposals set out over the past two years are embraced, members of the Independent Committee for Education Reform (ICER) believe.“We have already delivered tangible guidelines for the education sector,” ICER ...
Chularat Saengpassa