BMA expanding digital device control to all its schools
AFTER a trial at 10 schools showed controlling use of digital devices improved student concentration and increased parental satisfaction, the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is gearing up to expand the clampdown at all its schools from the next academic year, PPTVHD36 said today (Mar. 13). Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipunt said in introducing the “Phone […]
Read MoreEvacuation drill at Thai-Cambodian border schools
THE Border Patrol Police schools in Surin province held an evacuation drill this morning (June 6) to train students on handling a crisis amid Thai-Cambodian border tension after a clash at Chong Bok, Ubon Ratchathani province, on May 28, Naewna newspaper said. The drill was led by headmasters and teachers of the Border Patrol […]
Read More3 Bangkok schools shut as PM2.5 pollution soars
THREE schools in Bangkok were ordered closed after the concentration of ultrafine dust particles smaller than 2.5 micrometres, known as PM2.5, soared today (Jan. 20) with Nong Khaem district worst hit, TV Channel 7 said. The Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency (GISTDA) said at 9 a.m. this morning PM2.5 reached 125 µg/m³ in […]
Read MoreFamilies argue after ninth grader badly slashes fellow student for ‘bullying’
THE families of two students with one having badly slashed the other for allegedly bullying him argued over compensation while the injured boy denied tormenting his classmate, Sanook.com said today (Sept. 7). The unnamed ninth grade student at a school in Pakham district of Buriram province used a grass hook which he brought from […]
Read MorePopular website says schools have started to close as Covid spreads
THE widely-followed website Panda Lab Doctor said today (Nov. 18) that some of the 12,000 schools that reopened on the first of this month have started to close as Covid-19 has begun to spread among students, Matichon newspaper reported. Mr. Pakphum Dejhassadin, a medical technologist who runs the popular Panda Lab Doctor website, said in […]
Read MoreAll schools in Chainat shut again to prevent Covid infection
SCHOOLS in Chainat province started shutting down this morning (June 18) after it was found that a number of parents had got infected with coronavirus after having worked in high-risk areas and then visiting the children in schools thus risking the spread of infection in their premises, Sanook.com said. Teaching in this province will now […]
Read MoreMost schools to reopen nationwide
Most schools throughout the Kingdom of Thailand will reopen next week following a decline in local Covid-19 infections. Education Minister Nathapol Teepsuwan told reporters that only schools in Samut Sukhon would not yet reopen due to a spate of infections there. The education ministry ordered schools closed in 28 provinces at the beginning of January. […]
Read MoreCurfew from 11 p.m. to 3 a.m., movie halls and theaters to reopen
THE full meeting of the the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) presided over by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha this morning (May 29) decided to launch the phase 3 lockdown relaxation on Monday June 1 with curfew to be reduced by an hour from 11 p.m. to 3 a.m. with 11 p.m. to 4 a.m. […]
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