Driver dead, 15 students hurt as truck slams into van
A SIX-WHEEL parcel delivery truck slammed into a school van in Chiang Rai early this morning (Oc. 25) killing the driver of the latter vehicle and injuring 15 students, Matichon newspaper said. At 7.20 a.m. the police at Pa Daet station in this northern province were alerted of an accident on Road No. 1126 passing […]
Read MoreFrance to ban Muslim abaya dress in state schools
By Reuters and published by CNA Paris – France will ban children from wearing the abaya, the loose-fitting, full-length robes worn by some Muslim women, in state-run schools, its education minister said on Sunday (Aug. 27) ahead of the back-to-school season. France, which has enforced a strict ban on religious signs in state schools […]
Read MoreUpdate: Fire extinguisher that exploded did not have a safety valve
POLICE said a carbon dioxide fire extinguisher that exploded during a fire drill at a secondary school in Bangkok killing one student and injuring 29 others was a reusable one but not fitted with a safety valve, Thai Rath and Matichon newspapers said this afternoon (June 23). Metropolitan Police Chief Pol. Lt. Gen. Thiti […]
Read More1 student dead, 5 others injured as fire extinguisher explodes during drill
A FIRE DRILL at Rajavinit Mathayom School in Dusit district turned into a tragedy when a carbon dioxide extinguisher exploded killing one student and injuring five others including a coach at 11.30 a.m. this morning (June 23), Thai Rath and Naewna newspapers said. Metropolitan Police Chief Pol. Lt. Gen. Thiti Saengsawang and Nang Loeng […]
Read MoreYok explains her actions after termination of student status
SOON AFTER Triam Udom Suksa Pattanakarn School issued a statement late this afternoon (June 17) that 15-year-old Thanalop Phalanchai, or Yok, no longer has student status for not complying with the condition that a parent must hand over the student at the start of the new school year, she clarified her actions in a […]
Read MoreYok climbs fence to enter school again, willing to hold talks
A 15-year-old girl who is the youngest person ever accused of violating the lese majeste law, better known as Criminal Code Section 112, climbed the fence to enter her school again today (June 15) and said she is willing to hold talks to find a solution to continuing studying there, Naewna newspaper said. Triam […]
Read MoreTeen lese majeste suspect expelled from school
A 15-year-old teen girl who is the youngest person ever accused of violating the lese majeste law, better known as Criminal Code Section 112, posted a message on her personal Facebook page that she has been expelled from school, Naewna newspaper said this morning (June 14). Thanalop Phalanchai, or Yok, a 10th grade student […]
Read MoreStudent stabbed to death, three others wounded in school fight
A FIGHT between seventh and eighth graders of a well-known school in Sisaket province led to one of them stabbing the other to death while three other students also got wounded with two in serious condition, MNG Online said today (May 30). The stabbings occurred yesterday afternoon with the other students crying in intense […]
Read MoreChinese tourists’ school uniform fad reaches Phuket
WITH Phuket now bustling as a large number of both Thai and foreign tourists flock in, it is Chinese tourists who are making waves with their fad to take photos clad in Thai school uniforms at key downtown spots, Matichon newspaper said today (Mar. 11). This trend among the Chinese tourists to wear Thai […]
Read MoreBMA probing school director over alleged lunch money swindle
THE BANGKOK Metropolitan Administration (BMA) today (Feb. 2) launched an investigation of the director of a school in Khlong Sam Wa district over charges of swindling the contractor who won a bid to supply lunch to the students out of over 329,000 baht, Naewna newspaper said. BMA’s Deputy Permanent Secretary Dr. Wantanee Wattana said […]
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