BANGKOK, 3 August 2011 (NNT) – The Royal Institute is producing a dictionary of local literature in order to help conserve Thai dialects while it is encouraging children not to be shy when they speak their own dialects. Thailand Royal Institute Secretary-General Kanokwalee Chuchaiya stated that the institute is aware of the declining use of […]
BANGKOK, 29 July 2011 (NNT) – The Ministry of Education is urging schools nationwide to promote Chinese language study as it has been regarded an important tool to support educational development to the international level. Deputy Permanent Secretary for Education Churairat Sangboonnum on Thursday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Beijing Normal University on […]
YALA, July 25 – Seven persons were wounded in an early morning bombing at the entrance of a Yala school on Monday, according to provincial authorities. Five educators were wounded — four teachers, Kanlaya Boonrod, Jintana Boonsanong, Watcharee Puchaphan, and Suwanun Auwannarat, as well as administrator Phirisa Nawapattarawong — all of Ban Limud School. Read […]
YALA, July 19 – A roadside motorcycle bomb blast on Tuesday wounded 16 people, including military personnel and local residents, in front of a school in the southern border province of Yala, according to the Yala bomb disposal squad and forensic unit. The 16 casualties, including nine military personnel, three students and four residents, have […]
A Melbourne teacher was treated in hospital after her car was allegedly shot at during a school trip in the north of Thailand. Two teachers, from Ringwood Secondary College, were travelling in a car near Chiang Mai when the front windscreen shattered on Sunday. One of the teachers, Lynda Cody, suffered a minor injury to […]
YALA, July 9 – A school teacher died on Saturday after suffering severe injuries from a shooting attack this morning in the restive province of Yala. Prayat Chuphet was gunned down by two unidentified gunmen while he was riding his motorcycle from home to Pattana Islam Wittaya School, according to Pol Lt Prapas Tongma of […]
A schoolgirl was killed and six others injured when a Mercedes-Benz, which reportedly had faulty brakes, ran them over inside the Temrak Suksa School campus in Nonthaburi’s Bang Bua Thong district Thursday morning. Of the seven victims who were taken to Kasemrat Rattanathibet Hospital, Prathom 6 student Anchisa Kesornbua succumbed to her injuries, while two […]
There are now 10,000 CCTV cameras operating in Bangkok to make the capital safer, Bangkok Governor MR Sukhumbhand Paribatra said on Thursday. The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) had installed the 10,000 surveillance cameras near junctions and in areas where there was a high crime risk, and near schools, hospitals, community areas and important places around […]
