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Court ends 50-year-old rule on student hairstyles

The Supreme Administrative Court has revoked a controversial 50-year-old Education Ministry regulation that severely limited the way students could style their hair.

Bangkok Post

Five non-BJP ruled States skip first State Educational Achievement Survey

State Educational Achievement Survey: Barring Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, and West Bengal, all other States and Union Territories participated in the survey.

The Hindu

Japan's government asks a court to revoke the legal religious status of the Unification Church

Japan’s government has asked a court to revoke the legal status of the Unification Church after an Education Ministry investigation concluded the group systematically manipulated its followers into donating money, sowing fear and harming their families

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City Hall relaxes dress rules for students

City Hall has relaxed dress rules at all 437 schools under its supervision to allow students to wear casual clothes and any hairstyle at least once a week.

Bangkok Post

Database integration announced

The Labour Ministry has moved to integrate its workers' database with the Education Ministry's student database, in an effort to better meet the market's labour demands.

Bangkok Post

Number of Chinese kindergartens drops in 2022 for first time in 15 years-media

The number of kindergartens in China has dropped for the first time in 15 years, falling by more than 5,000 on the previous year, financial news outlet Yicai reported, citing data from the country's Education Ministry.

Reuters

Indonesian universities are still slow in implementing anti-sexual violence measures. Here are 4 ways to speed things up

The global fight against sexual violence in the higher education sector has seen important progress in the last decade, with collaboration from students, faculty and government serving as an important factor in combating patriarchy in academia.

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Student hairstyle rules get a makeover

Students in schools under the Ministry of Education will be allowed to wear short or long hair as they like under a new regulation intended to respond to an age-old debate, Education Minister Treenuch Thienthong said on Tuesday.

Bangkok Post

'Thainess' needs rethink

The Education Ministry has faced a torrent of criticism for its initiative to single out history as an individual subject from the social cluster in school curricula.

Bangkok Post

'Education for all' policy falls down

Last month, the Office of the Basic Education Commission (OBEC) issued an order to prohibit non-Thai children from attending learning centres and homeschools. This is a blatant violation of children's right to education.

Bangkok Post

Hopes for UN nod on late king's 100th

The Education Ministry will next year ask the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) to add Thailand's beloved monarch, His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej The Great, to the list of the world's eminent personalities.

Bangkok Post

Abusive teachers do not belong

Last month, a teacher at a school in Bangkok's Thung Khru district ordered a teenage student to kneel on the floor, then kicked the boy in the chest and hit his head several times. It was a punishment for playing football in a school building.

Bangkok Post

'It felt like my insides were crying': China COVID curbs hit youth mental health

HONG KONG Reuters) - Zhang Meng had a breakdown last December. The 20-year-old found herself sobbing on the stairs of her dorm, driven to despair by repeated COVID lockdowns of her university campus in Beijing.

Reuters

Students opt for informal learning

Non-formal education has gained popularity in recent years, according to the Education Ministry, which is predicting that small private schools will be affected by a corresponding decrease in formal students.

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Archaic rule forces teacher out of beauty pageant

A teacher's dream of being crowned a beauty pageant winner came to an abrupt end when she was forced out by a 60-year-old regulation of the Education Ministry.

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Let's focus on students

The tragic death of an underprivileged student in Phatthalung province is shedding light on flaws in the allocation of state budget funds.

Bangkok Post

Schools to decide student hairstyles

The Education Ministry has left schools to make up their own minds about the hairstyles required for pupils, the Education Minister said on Wednesday.

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Education Ministry leaves hairstyles for schools to decide

The Education Ministry has left schools to make up their own minds about the hairstyles required for pupils, Education Minister Trinuch Thienthong said on Wednesday, as a network of liberal students renews a campaign to end a uniformly short haircut.

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Schools are finally back

Today schools reopen nationwide. After two tumultuous years of living with the pandemic, students in all of the country's 35,000 schools will return to physical classes -- learning directly from teachers and playing with friends.

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Sandstorm Closes Schools, Offices and Halts Flights in Iraq

A heavy sandstorm in Iraq, the latest of what Iraqis say is an unprecedented number to hit the country in recent weeks, closed some state schools and offices and halted flights at Baghdad International Airport on Monday. Authorities in Baghdad, including the Education Ministry, declared a day off for local…

Bangkok Post

BMA fails capital's children in need

Whoever wins, the new Bangkok governor must bridge the appalling education disparity between the rich and the poor to give children in need a better fighting chance in life.

Reuters

Brazil police probe Education Ministry graft allegations, source says

Brazil's Federal Police have opened an investigation into allegations of corruption in the Education Ministry, a police source told Reuters on Friday, potentially adding to pressure on President Jair Bolsonaro ahead of October elections.

The Hindu

One lakh students in study to assess Class 3 literacy levels in 22 languages

Study will set baseline for literacy, numeracy mission

The Independent UK

Pastors' role in education funding creates uproar in Brazil

Allegations that two evangelical pastors have used their influence with Brazil’s Education Ministry to steer federal funding to friends are causing an election-year scandal for the government of President Jair Bolsonaro

The Independent UK

Taliban announcement a clear sign girls returning to school

Afghanistan’s Taliban-run Education Ministry has announced that schools for all students will open this week — the clearest sign yet that girls will be allowed back in school

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