Social development
Education and training
Thais question government’s online learning experiment
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 ...
Education Ministry hiring 10,000 asst teachers during virus crisis
The Education Ministry will hire 10,000 assistant teachers for primary schools as a way of helping unemployed educators amid the Covid-19 crisis.Education Minister Nataphol Teepsuwan said the plan was to hire assistant teachers for six months on a monthly salary of Bt9,000. The budget for ...
The Nation Reporter
Rocky start as distance education gets going
The rollout of state distance learning television (DLTV) and online classrooms got off to a bumpy start as children on Monday could not tune in to the broadcast, had no internet connection or were even led to online advertisements instead of school programmes.The problems not ...
Bangkok Post Reporter
Post-Covid teachers wanted
The Education Ministry will offer jobs to 10,000 assistant teachers to man smaller classrooms post-Covid-19 lockdown as classes are to be split.Education Minister Nataphol Teepsuwan said class sizes will be reduced for social distancing purposes. The pre-pandemic ratio was 20 students per teacher.Keep reading ...
Bangkok Post Reporter
Concern grow over poor kids ‘locked out’ of online school
Many Thai children have found themselves unable to begin their new school term, as they have no smartphone or internet to access the online classes.The problem has become a hot topic among netizens after cases emerged in Nakhon Ratchasima province of children prevented from joining ...
The Nation Reporter
Students, parents highlight problems on first day of govt’s online learning
Netizens, both students and parents, complained of being hit by a variety of problems on the first day of online and satellite distance learning today (May 18).Today is the first day the Education Ministry organised online learning for students nationwide via six channels – digital ...
The Nation Reporter
Over 100,000 avail of handy online courses conducted by govt
More than 100,000 people have taken online vocational training courses during the lockdown to improve their skills and present them with much-needed job opportunities.Department of Skill Development director-general Thawat Benjathikul said the online training available during the lockdown received a hearty response, with more than ...
The Nation Reporter
Online learning system to support re-opening of schools
Thailand’s Ministry of Education is launching an online learning system designed as a back-up in the event that the re-opening of schools is deemed unsafe. With Thailand’s schools set to reopen their doors from July 1, a televised and online system is being tested to ...
May Taylor
Education fund approves Bt2 billion to help poor students
The Equitable Education Fund (EEF) has allocated a Bt2.04- billion budget to relieve the burden of poor students whose parents have been impacted financially by the Covid-19 crisis, EEF president Dr Prasarn Trairat-vorakul revealed.The money will be used as remedial measures, with 750,000 students — ...
The Nation Reporter
Student loans boost as crisis bites
More parents will be allowed to seek loans from the Finance Ministry’s Student Loan Fund (SLF) as it boosts loan finance and eligibility criteria following the impact of Covid-19 on household incomes.Some funding criteria will be adjusted to cover more borrowers and each student will ...
Bangkok Post Reporter