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Muslim students demand answers over loans

Around 300 Muslim students from the southern border provinces arrived at the Army Area 4 head office in Nakhon Si Thammarat to seek his help over their requests for educational loans.The students said they came from the unstable three southern provinces to study in Nakhon ...

The Nation Reporter

Calls for schools in Chiang Mai to close as haze crisis worsens

With Chiang Mai entering the global list for worst air pollution, calls are growing for schools and educational institutes in the northern province to close down temporarily for the sake of students.Keep reading ...

The Nation Reporter

Education Ministry wants Thai students’ English improved

Education Minister Teerakiat Jareonsettasin asked the Office of the Basic Education Commission (OBEC) to improve the standards of English teaching and learning in Thai schools.Keep watching ...

Six digital bills passed in Thailand by NLA

According to a recent report, six digital bills were passed during the second round of the National Legislative Assembly, according to the Minister of Digital Economy and Society.The six digital bills are The Electronics Transaction Organisation Restructuring bill, the Data Protection bill, the Cybersecurity bill, ...

Alita Sharon

Healthcare co-payment plan opposed

Four major political parties have voiced disagreement over a co-payment proposal while stressing the Universal Healthcare Coverage (UC) scheme would be improved to ensure efficiency in and equal access to healthcare. Keep reading ...

Penchan Charoensuthipan

Silently swindled in an ageing society

Apart from maintaining good health and sticking to nutritious food, senior citizens today may need to be more vigilant as they could fall prey to people who want to steal their money and valuables. Keep reading ...

Penchan Charoensuthipan

Environmental issues won’t solve themselves

The government has several clear steps to take in tackling threats from air pollution and plastic waste Single-use plastic waste and big-city air pollution have become the two most serious environmental issues facing Thailand, and it’s daunting to consider how long it might take to ...

Agency calls for Bt200 million to tackle unwanted pregnancies

An agency has proposed that the National Health Security Office (NHSO) spends about Bt200 million to buy and distribute condoms and contraceptive implants as a possible solution to Thailand’s unwanted pregnancy problem.The Aids and Unwanted Pregnancy Hotline 1663 Center said the money, which amounts to ...

The Nation Reporter

Reforms needed to fix Thai schools

Despite all the lofty goals and tremendous effort made to improve the state of Thai education recently, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha’s military government has failed to bring about essential reforms. When the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) seized power in May 2014, its ...

How corrupt we are

Thailand was ranked 99 out of 180 countries and territories in the 2018 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), which shows that despite some progress, many countries are still failing to make serious inroads against graft.The index ranks the countries and territories by their perceived levels of ...

Pradit Phulsarikij

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