By Prachatai |
Amporn Pinasa, Secretary-General of the Basic Education Commission, discussed the purpose behind the design of the Ministry of Education (MOE)’s Thai-language textbook Pasa Patee for fifth-grade students after criticism of its content.
By Prachatai |
<p>On 18 May, the Ministry of Education launched a large-scale online learning experiment to be put into full use in the upcoming semester, but Thais have questioned the quality of an English course and problems of equal access, as 10% of students nationwide still rely on schools. </p>
<div>Despite being famous for its transgender community, Thailand still discriminates against LGBTIQ+ students through an education system where gender diversity is perceived as ‘severe deviance.’</div>
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<div>Thailand’s sex education system is notorious for discriminating on the basis of gender identities.</div>
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<div>One sex education textbook for grade seven students asks, “Is a male who has sex with both males and females considered sexually deviant?”.
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<div>Winter is coming but a school in the northeastern province of Buriram has banned colourful coats during Thailand’s mourning period. </div>
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<div>On 3 November 2016, Somsak Taemsoaksoong, the principal of Nangrong School announced in an assembly that only black, grey and white coats were allowed and colourful coats would be confiscated, <a href="http://www.khaosodenglish.com/news/2016/11/03/buriram-school-seizes-students-colorful-winter-jackets/">reported</a> Khaosod English.</div>
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<div>“Government officials [like our school staff] have to wear black for
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<div>Thailand’s Education Ministry has implemented a new regulation that will allow pregnant students to continue their schooling. The Ministry also wants to reform sex education with the aim of reducing Thailand’s teenage pregnancy rate.</div>
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<div>At a press conference on 5 August 2016, Kamchorn Tatiyakawi, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Education, told the media that the Ministry is training and updating its staff on reforms brought in by the Teenage Pregnancy Act, which was enacted on 31 March this year.
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By Kornkritch Somjittranukit |
<p>Under the junta’s climate of fear and intimidation where politicians, academics, and civil society are silenced, a high school student, Parit Chiwarak, withstands the pressure and actively protects the right to free education from the junta’s attempts to abolish it. <br /></p>
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<div>Academics have condemned a school in the Northeastern Province of Khon Kaen for requiring kindergarten children to wear military uniforms, saying that it reinforces authoritarianism. A parent pitied her daughter wearing such uniform despite the hot weather of Thailand.
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By Kornkritch Somjittranukit |
<div>The draft constitution is a written attempt by the junta to take Thai politics and society back to the pre-Thaksin era. The draft not only aims to prevent the emergence of a Thaksin-like government, but also the emergence of Thaksin-like policies, which were tangible and ‘edible’ for the poor.</div>
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