Teacher and educator networks have spoken out against an order from the Office of the Basic Education Commission to cancel an oral test at Matthayom Wat Thatthong School over alleged national security concerns. They argue this violates academic freedom.

A school in Bangkok has dropped a controversial test for Year 13 students under orders from the Office of the Basic Education Commission after an ultra-royalist group raised concerns that the test could pose a risk to national security.

Move Forward Party (MFP) MPs have proposed the establishment of an ad hoc committee for migrant students without civil registration, aiming to address the problem of their lack of access to education.

The government is preparing to repatriate over a hundred Myanmarese children who lack registration documents, ignoring objections that this violates the National Education and Child Protection Acts.

While women have long been considered “ornamental,” with the media and the public mainly focusing on their looks or how they dress and act, LGBTQ representation is nearly non-existent. They are subject to the same fate and even worse. A watershed moment for the community came in the last election when 3 self-identified LGBTQ people won MP seats.

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.

<p>The debate following the dramatic amendment to the Student Loan Fund Act reveals the problem of student loans in relation to wealth inequality, access to education, and the current job market for recent college graduates.</p>

<p>Despite Thailand&#39;s long-standing commitment to a policy of <a href="https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---asia/---ro-bangkok/documents/publication/wcms_099886.pdf">Education for All (EFA)</a> which allows stateless and migrant children to attend public schools, the children of illegal and impoverished Cambodian labourers are still being denied an education.</p>

<p>Living far away from home during the Covid-19 outbreak, Cambodian students who came to Thailand to pursue their studies experienced problems stemming from lockdown, lonesomeness, and a sense of loss.</p>

<p>&ldquo;Nation, religion, and king&rdquo; - &nbsp;a slogan that seems almost spiritual and sacred to Thai nationalists. &nbsp;Why? &nbsp;I don&rsquo;t think I am alone in believing that, even as we debate political topics, we feel that certain things - like our national religion and our royal institution - cannot be forgotten. Why exactly is difficult to explain.&nbsp;</p>

<p>An opinion that shows how SOTUS and hazing culture in education institutions and society&nbsp;pave a foundation for dictatorship and authoritarianism in Thailand.</p>