Armed soldiers guard the road leading to Malatee Porsotee’s village school in southern Thailand while security volunteers with rifles keep watch over the classrooms. Students gather in the morning sunshine to sing the national anthem, raise the Thai flag and take daily exercise on a grassy yard surrounded by flowering bougainvillea, as roosters peck in […]
BANGKOK, 7 August 2010 (NNT) — The heavy rain that causes widespread flooding in Northern Thailand has continually ravaged residents’ properties and belongings. Students and teachers of the Ban Nam Mong Pang Sa School in Nan province on Saturday were reportedly evacuated from the school by boat due to a broken bridge from heavy rainfall, […]
Officers from the Child and Women Protection Unit recently obtained an arrest warrant for a 19 year old man who is accused of raping a 16 year old girl in April 2009 inside his friend’s rented room in the Lompok area in Banglamung. On Tuesday Morning the suspect, Khun Manop was located and arrested and […]
(NECN/MCOT: Chaiyaphum, Thailand) – Heavy rain caused massive flooding in the downtown Chaiyaphum prompting schools and government agencies to suspend their operations on Monday. Monsoon downpour prolonged throughout Sunday night brought flooding to the city of Chiayaphum in Thailand’s northeast. A number of schools are forced to abruptly suspend as floodwater level rose to over […]
Narathiwat: Even as debate rages in India on how to upgrade madrassa education system, Thailand has reformed its ‘pondoks’ or seminaries by teaching modern subjects like English, Mathematics, Science and IT along with Arabic and Islamic studies. “There is no government interference in Islamic teachings. It is just that we’ve included secular subjects like Science, […]
The Thai government’s new migrant labor policy has seen a rise in police raids on factories that employ migrant workers, especially from Burma, Loas and Cambodia. There are reportedly up to a million unregistered migrant workers in Thailand. Human rights advocates say many workers are now taking steps to meet the new legal requirements to […]
THAILAND – A draft law that intends to give pregnant students the legal right to take maternal leave and continue their studies after giving birth, is now attracting much controversy. While a survey on www.ilaw.or.th showed most respondents supported the draft law, prominent child-rights activist Wallop Tangkananurak said he was concerned the legislation would indirectly […]
The Office of the Private Education Commission (Opec) has warned private vocational schools they will be shut down for a week if they have students who are inappropriately dressed. Opec director Charnwit Thapsuwan said yesterday it had received public complaints about students in Bangkok wearing inappropriate uniforms – especially skirts that were “too short”. Opec […]
