The death of Jaruwit Janthet, a 17-year-old student who committed suicide by jumping from the fifth floor of his school building in Si Sa Ket on Aug 10, has sparked concern over bullying in schools and the need to raise awareness about teen suicide and depression among Thais. Last week, horrifying footage of the Mathayom […]
A 51-year-old former director of Patong Thanoen Samakkhi School in Nakhon Ratchasima’s Bua Yai district, deemed to have breached a serious disciplinary code by having an inappropriate intimate relationship with a 14-year-old pupil, was given 30 days to appeal against the provincial authority’s decision to dismiss him without any pension and welfare benefits. As the […]
NAKHON RATCHASIMA: A disgraced school director accused of having sex with a 14-year-old girl at his school in January faces the sack after an education panel found him guilty of a gross disciplinary violation. The 9-member provincial sub-committee, chaired by Gen Marut Limcharoen, met on Thursday to discuss the sexual allegations against Nathaphop Boonthongtho, director […]
Thai education officials have ruled that Muslim students attending a Buddhist-run school in the mainly Muslim Deep South region are required to wear uniforms and cannot dress according to Islamic customs. Buddhists and Muslim students alike must wear uniforms and abide by the dress-code of the school, which sits on the property of a Buddhist […]
BANGKOK, 12 June 2018 (NNT) – Patai Udom Sueksa School has suspended the distribution of milk to students after finding several boxes inconsumable despite not reaching their expiration date with Thai Milk Dairy Cooperative Ltd., which was authorized by the Dairy Farming Promotion Organization (DPO) to supply the milk, issuing a letter of apology and […]
NAKHON RATCHASIMA: A probe has found a local school director guilty of having an affair with a Mathayom 2 (8th Grade) student, education officials said yesterday. Supphaphongsa Chantharang, deputy director of the Nakhon Ratchasima Primary Education Service Area 6, said the probe panel found Nathaphob Thongboontho, 51, director of Ban Patong Tha Neon Samakkhee School […]
Members of the Malaysian-Thai Chamber of Commerce (MTCC) and Kelab Malaysia of Thailand (KMT), led by Dr. Hwee Khim Boo (left), MTCC Deputy Chairman and Mr. V. T. Ten (second from right), MTCC’s Director of CSR and President of KMT, recently handed over 21 computers, 4 printers and 20 workstations to Ms. Sunun Boonsak, Wat […]
A Muslim boarding school in Indonesia strongly associated with Islamic State ideology is resisting community demands that it relocate due to its radical views. Protesters showed up Monday at Pesantren Ibnu Mas’ud, located in mountains about 120 km (74 miles) south of Jakarta, to see whether it had complied with a Sept. 17 deadline by […]
