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  • Bangkok NewsBangkok school accused of cafeteria corruption by watchdog group

    Bangkok school accused of cafeteria corruption by watchdog group

    One Bangkok school is under fire after it was revealed that ‘free’ milk is being sold for 5 baht a cup and the provided breakfast is just cheap instant noodles. The Thai Anti-Corruption Club Facebook page has been posting photos of the cheap breakfast and has sparked discussion about where the money allocated for student food is going. Napat Food…

  • World NewsSchools in France reopen with new hygiene measures

    Schools in France reopen with new hygiene measures

    Millions of children are going back to their schools in France after lockdowns loosened but are under social distancing measures. The decision to reopen the schools comes after the nation has seen no recent infections, but officials are still taking precautions. Such measures mean that classes are restricted, forcing students to either attend only part-time or from home but as…

  • Northern Thailand NewsTeacher sends questionnaire to students asking for their phone passwords and social media accounts

    Teacher sends questionnaire to students asking for their phone passwords and social media accounts

    …and the school has since been forced to apologise. A teacher in Chiang Rai asked students to hand over passwords to their social media accounts and phones. But many have criticised the teacher saying it overstepped privacy boundaries. The school has since apologised and imposed stricter rules. The teacher gave students a questionnaire, asking them to fill out information about…

  • Covid-19 NewsParents wary about school preparations for return to class on July 1

    Parents wary about school preparations for return to class on July 1

    Schools are set to re-open on July but parents, whilst keen to see their children back at school again, are rightly concerned about efforts being taken to keep them safe from Covid-19 infection. Although children worldwide have, generally, been spared the ravages of Covid-19, they are still able to become infected and pass it on to older members of their…

  • Crime NewsMilitary school owner gets death sentence for student’s fatal beating

    Military school owner gets death sentence for student’s fatal beating

    The owner of a private military school in Nakhon Sawan province, about 237 kilometres north of Bangkok, has been sentenced to death, and his wife and mother-in-law to life in prison, for the fatal beating of a 15 year old student. The provincial court handed down its judgement on Tuesday, ordering capital punishment for Natthaphol Thavornphibun, the owner of Ban…

  • Covid-19 NewsBangkok’s International Pioneers School distributes free meals in local community

    Bangkok’s International Pioneers School distributes free meals in local community

    Joining similar campaigns across the nation, Bangkok’s International Pioneers School has been giving away lunch boxes with fresh, healthy food and a bottle of water to the local community every day since April 27. On the first day all the food prepared by the school was finished within 20 minutes. IPS increased the quantity for the next day, but that…

  • Hot NewsThai school director turns himself in after allegedly molesting one of his students

    Thai school director turns himself in after allegedly molesting one of his students

    Yesterday at 3 pm the director of Ban Hua Na Lao school in the Phetchabun province (central Thailand), 59 year old Narongwit Phakham turned himself in to Ban Tiew Police after being accused of molesting a student at his school. Following up on a video clip of the school director allegedly molesting the schoolgirl in his school office, police officials…

  • Covid-19 NewsPhuket reports 9 new coronavirus cases

    Phuket reports 9 new coronavirus cases

    9 new cases of the Covid-19 coronavirus have been reported in the southern island province of Phuket, bringing the total to 62 cases. Most of the new cases originated in the Patong district, again, and many in the area of the Bangla Road red light district. Details of the new cases… Case 54: A 35 year old Canadian man working at…

  • South Thailand NewsSongkhla businessman shot dead while taking daughter to school

    Songkhla businessman shot dead while taking daughter to school

    PHOTO: Assawin Pakkawan A building contractor has been killed while taking his four year old to school in Hat Yai yesterday. 34 year old Thammarat Apilimsiriul was taking his young daughter to pre-school in tambon Khon Hong around 7.30am when he was shot in the back. Police say he is the owner of Sirikul Land&House, a major construction company in…

  • HealthStudent revolt over school lunches pays off

    Student revolt over school lunches pays off

    FILE PHOTO School officials in the Hanka district in Chainat, central Thailand have now upgraded the quality of the daily school lunches for their students after receiving a deluge of complaints from parents. The story was reported in khaosod.co.th. The scandal, one repeated too often around the state schools, broke after the students told their parents that only one or…

  • Northern Thailand NewsHow to raise rats and other livestock: lessons from a north-eastern school

    How to raise rats and other livestock: lessons from a north-eastern school

    PHOTOS: The Nation A school in Surin province, north-east Thailand, is teaching students how to make a living raising small livestock such as wild rats and voles. Local farmers will often pay up to 1,000 baht for breeding rodents, with fully-grown ones sold for meat at 120 baht a kilo. Rodent meat remains a traditional food source in some parts…

  • Road deaths17 year old killed after school bus careers off road in Chumpon, 18 injured

    17 year old killed after school bus careers off road in Chumpon, 18 injured

    PHOTO: Facebook/Tongsiasiangtueng Rescue A bus crew has been killed after a tour bus travelling from Hat Yai to Bangkok for a mathematics competition ran off the road and hit a tree. The driver and 18 student were all injured. The bus ran off the main road in Chumpon, about half-way through the journey north. Police and foundation rescue workers headed…

  • Krabi NewsAttack of the macaques – Krabi’s monkeys invade school

    Attack of the macaques – Krabi’s monkeys invade school

    PHOTOS: Srisuda Yongkit More than 20 long-tailed macaques raided a vocational college in Krabi’s Klong Thom district on this morning, apparently in search of food. The monkeys are said to have come down from the hills behind an army base in the district and searched through the garbage bins. But not content with that, they also ransacked teachers’ rooms and…

  • Hua Hin NewsThe ‘sweet generation’ head back to school in Hua Hin

    The ‘sweet generation’ head back to school in Hua Hin

    by Piyarat Nildee Hua Hin residents may be wondering why some of their more mature residents have been putting on school uniforms and heading back to school. Some of the elderly Prachuap Khiri Khan residents reported at a special college for ‘the Sweet Generation’ yesterday, ready for classes and ready to learn again. Hundreds have enrolled in the School for…

  • Thailand NewsVIDEO: Thai netizens outraged as school makes student cut hair

    VIDEO: Thai netizens outraged as school makes student cut hair

    A student at a school in Kanchanaburi, western Thailand, has uploaded a video to social media sparking a meltdown on Thai social media. In the video, the student films a school teacher measuring her friend’s hair, while another teacher cuts it to follow the rules which state students cannot grown hair more than 9 inches from the top of the ears.…

  • Thailand NewsEducation Minister moves school tests to clear way for election

    Education Minister moves school tests to clear way for election

    In another indication that the government is firming up the date of the next general election for February 24 next year, the Education Minister has formerly moved the date of the annual school and university-entrance aptitude tests back one week. The GAT/PAT (General Aptitude Test and Professional and Academic Aptitude Test) tests for pre-university students will be held one week…