BANGKOK, Dec 11 – Thai students fare poorly in mathematics and science mainly due to the teaching method of rote learning rather than by comprehension and analysis, according to a senior educator. Precharn Dechri, deputy director of the Institute for the Promotion of Teaching Science and Technology, said today that Thai students’ disappointing performances in […]
Fire broke out a Pattani school early Thursday morning, completely destroying a two-storey building housing the director’s office, computer rooms and 11 classrooms. Ten students and teachers were camping in the building opposite when fire broke out at about 1am at Bangmaruet School in Panare district but no one was injured. Read more: The Nation
Parents are being encouraged to allow daughters of secondary school age to carry two condoms to prevent sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and teenage pregnancy, Disease Control Department chief Dr Pornthep Siriwanarangsan said yesterday. He cited the results of a study, which showed that 20 per cent of Mathayom 2 students, 40 per cent of Mathayom […]
A Grandmother complained to journalists on Thursday about allegations of assault by a teacher on her 7 year old grandson who attends a government-run Pattaya School. The incident is thought to have occurred on 5th November and the teacher has been identified as Khun Natagan aged 51. Evidence of severe bruising on the child’s shoulder […]
BANGKOK, Oct 14— Survivors, relatives of deceased demonstrators and representatives from the government and the opposition on Sunday gathered at the October 14 Memorial on Ratchadamnoen Avenue to mark the 39th anniversary of the October 14, 1973 uprising. The activity at Khok Wua intersection began with religious rites, merit-making for victims who lost their lives […]
Two Thai students from Wichai Wittaya School in Chiang Mai have won gold medals and three others silver medals in the 4th International Computer Project Olympiad. The gold medallists, Aphisan Sukosi and Sivakorn Lekprayura, competed in the “Digital Content” category with a project called Introduction to Chiang Mai and Thailand. Read more: The Nation By […]
Chiang Mai Public Health Office yesterday reported that 237 students at Wat Don Chan School in Muang district had fallen ill. About 100 of them were sick due to food poisoning, while others suffered from dengue fever, flu and other diseases. Fifty-nine of them would remain in hospitals for another one or two days, said […]
Two students were injured by shrapnel when their school bus was hit by an explosion in Narathiwat’s Yi Ngor district Thursday morning. Sitinuriya Baka, 14 and Nadia Jehama, 17, both of Romklao School were rushed to a nearby hospital before being transferred to Narathiwat Rachanakarin Hospital. Both suffered injuries to their arms. Read more: The […]
