Education Updates from the Region - Thailand

April 2008

• Aid to basic education stagnating, says UNESCO
• Bank warns about youth - Wichit Chaitrong

March 2008

• International book fair hopes to promote children's interest in reading - Subhatra Bhumiprabhas
• Mixed report card for Thai education system

February 2008

• Govt schools to get 20,000 computers
• UNESCO to launch Southeast Asia Education Report 2008
• Minister hopes to raise scientific thinking processes among Thais
• Distance learning gets closer in remote areas
• Sex education to be expanded to 5,000 schools
• Bt30 bn needed annually to improve education
• Vocational students to get more maths and tech - Wannapa Phetdee
• National test scores "likely to see a rise"

January 2008

• Teachers to receive e-training on astronomy - Wannapa Phetdee
• Learning networks to use wireless Internet - Jirapan Boonnoon
• 859M Baht to boost teacher training
• Editorial: Happier teachers, better education
• Top secondary schools to recruit students via entrance exams
• Entrance tests replace lucky draws at top schools
• Public hearings to be held for new school curriculum - Chularat Saengpassa
• Child Development: Ministry to upgrade nurseries - Pongphon Sarnsamak

December 2007

• WallStreet scholarships up for grabs
• Good virtues figure in university admission
• UNESCO report on education: The good and the bad news
• School for future leaders - Kwanchai Rungfapaisarn

November 2007

• School e-Center to reduc gap for rural schools - Jirapan Boonnoon
• New concept mooted for top 3 schools - Chularat Saengpassa
• MInistry study shows 24,000 teachers needed

September 2007

• Thai teachers get real knowledge boost - Wannapa Phetdee
• Education agenda in the works
• Retirement behind teacher shortage
• Nurturing young minds - Chularat Saengpassa
• Student loan applications to be processede online
• Feauture Story: The story of the young Thai Science Ambassador Award winner - Piratha Hinjiranadana
• Editorial: Good education isn't cheap
• Cisco says Thailand can achieve national transformation through ICT
• Universities must focus on strength - Chularat Saengpassa
• Chiang Mai project gives poor children a shot at education - Wannapa Phetdee
• UNESCO surveys worldwide literacy, 3M Thais found illiterate
• Plan to improve ICT literacy in all schools - Jirapan Boonnoon

October 2007

• Effective curriculum and instruction showcased at Educa 2007 - Wannapa Phetdee
• Scholarship rules to get tougher
• Schools to tighten up on quota enrollment
• Intel donates computers to government schools - Asina Pornwasin

August 2007

• Learning how to teach teachers to excel
• National school tests to be resumed
• Thailand, Malaysia ink MOU on education
• More to maths than just numbers
• Decentralization key in education reforms

March 2007

• Editorial: Tackling bad student behavior
• Teachers looking for free lunch ruin quality of education for kids - Stephen Cleary
• A-Net scores spark student complaints

January 2007

• Science Avenue is educational, fun for children and families - Ninnete Surarat
• Mathematics effective in helping children make sense of troubling times - Wichit Chaitrong
• Science 'key to our future' - Nophakhun Limsamarnphan
• Materialism keeps city youths happy
• Teachers' woes revealed - Nophakhun Limsamarnphan
• Education reforms must continue
• School lauded for Thai teaching