It’s too soon to declare English the second language for teaching in schools, Office of the Education Council (OEC) secretary-general Tongthong Chandransu said recently. News reports late last week said the Education Ministry planned to declare English the second language in schools on October 22. But Tongthong denied there would be declarations related to the […]
The Education Ministry plans to declare English the second language for teaching and learning in schools with an aim to enable Thai people of the new generation to communicate with other people in Asean and world communities in English, Chinaworn Boonyakiat said on Thursday. The education minister said he had discussed this matter with Prime […]
RANONG, 1 October 2010 (NNT) – Ranong’s Public Health office is concerned over the outbreak of H1N1 from Ranong students returning back from Bangkok during the school holidays. MD Thongchai Keeratihattayakong, Ranong Public Health doctor, has expressed his concern today over the possible outbreak of H1N1 in the province from students returning back from the […]
September 21, 2010: In response to a recent surge of attacks against teachers in the Moslem south, the government has raised the pay of teachers down there and improved security as well. In the last six years, 137 school personnel, mostly teachers, have been killed down there, and several hundred injured. The Islamic radicals oppose […]
Bangkok, Sep 21 (DPA) Separatists have killed 135 teachers in southern Thailand over the past eight years in their efforts to rid the region of ‘Siamese infidels’, a human rights group said Tuesday. Since January 2004, insurgents in Thailand’s southernmost provinces of Narathiwat, Pattani and Yala have deliberately targeted school teachers in their fight against […]
BANGKOK, Sept 13 — Representatives of Thailand’s teachers federations in the three southern border provinces of Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat will meet Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva at Government House in the capital on Monday to discuss solutions for ending the ongoing violence and attacks on teachers. The meeting came after two Narathiwat teachers were shot […]
BANGKOK: A leading rights group on Saturday denounced suspected insurgent attacks that have disrupted education in Thailand’s violent south and warned against unlawful revenge by security forces. Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged the government to ensure the safety of schools after two teachers were killed in Narathiwat province on Tuesday, which sparked the suspension of […]
BANGKOK, Thailand – Three bombs didn’t explode when it was found in Bangkok which is the capital city of Thailand. One of the explosives is found under the bridge which was in front of the school in central Bangkok. The two were found in the shopping mall and at the car park of the public […]
