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A strong grasp of the English language will not be required of teacher-education graduates, the committee in charge of preparing a teacher qualifications framework has decided.“We have reached this resolution because most stakeholders at a forum on the draft Thailand Qualifications Framework (TQF) disagreed with ...

Air pollution blankets capital for third day in a row, with prospects of prolonged unhealthy air quality levels.Authorities must take the air pollution problem in Bangkok seriously and strictly enforce mitigation measures to protect people’s health, academics said, while warning of serious financial costs to ...

Daycare facilities and companies need to adjust their environment to help working parents who are leading modern urban lives, a panel discussion was told on Thursday.Many Thai parents have to send their children to be raised by grandparents upcountry while they toil in the city, ...

Air pollution in the greater Bangkok area was again threatening residents’ health on Sunday morning.  The amount of PM2.5 – airborne dust particles 2.5 microns in diameter or less – exceeded the safe level of 50 micrograms per cubic metre of air along roads in ...

To ensure up-to-par good quality in early childhood care and education at 53,335 kindergartens and nurseries nationwide, the Education Council is now in process of printing a handbook for distribution.The booklet will detail the “National Standard for Early Childhood Care, Development and Education in Thailand” ...

The lifting this week of the yellow-card sanction imposed by the European Union (EU) shows that efforts to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (IUU) in Thailand have really paid off. However, much work is still needed to assist affected fishermen, especially the small-scale ones, ...

For the first time since the last general election five years ago, Thailand is witnessing the fast-growing power of social media platforms, especially among young voters, indicating the polls expected in March this year will be significantly influenced by Line, Facebook, Twitter and other non-traditional ...

Southeast Asian countries, among some of the biggest beneficiaries of Chinese investment, do not trust Beijing and believe their governments should be cautious when negotiating on President Xi Jinping’s flagship Belt and Road Initiative.Keep reading ...

As one of the last refuges of Indochinese tigers, Thailand is working to protect the endangered big cats from poachers. A tiger conservation centre was launched last Friday in Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary, where forest rangers will be trained to track the endangered big cats, ...

In 2014, several indigenous communities in the Mekong started recording their stories and legends with the help of a group of researchers who are exploring how these narratives can help exposing the destructive impact of large-scale projects in the region.The Mekong is one of Asia’s ...