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No foreign guides, govt warns

The Labour Ministry has warned that tour guiding is a profession strictly reserved for Thai nationals, and that foreigners working as guides will face legal action or deportation.

Bangkok Post · Oct 24, 2025

School denies expelling lese majeste teen

A 15-year-old girl, who was released on May 18 after being detained for 51 days on a charge of royal defamation, has not faced expulsion from school, Education Minister Trinuch Thienthong said on Wednesday.

Bangkok Post · Jun 14, 2023

Schools let their hair down

Matthayom Wat Thatthong School in Bangkok's Watthana district is letting students express their gender identity through their hair and dress after ending its uniform short-hairstyle policy two years ago.

Bangkok Post · Mar 1, 2023

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Mass haircut punishment spurs probe

Education Minister Trinuch Thienthong has instructed state agencies to launch a probe into a school director and a teacher who allegedly cut students' hair as punishment for violating haircut rules in Phetchabun.

Bangkok Post · Feb 8, 2023

Teachers want new education bill put on hold

Teacher associations across the country on Monday protested against a draft law on national education, saying it will limit their academic freedom and hinder students' self-learning abilities.

Bangkok Post · Jan 16, 2023

Workers still plead for rights

Education, labour and employment-related problems remained challenging this year for all stakeholders to tackle.

Bangkok Post · Dec 28, 2022

Attacks on women 'still a major worry'

More than 8,500 women experience either physical or sexual violence each year, mostly in domestic or family environments, according to the Public Health Ministry.

Bangkok Post · Nov 25, 2022

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'No closures' when virus hits schools

The Ministry of Education announced a new set of control measures for schools and universities, stating that school closures may no longer be necessary after the coronavirus' reclassification.

Bangkok Post · Oct 3, 2022

Boarding school told to punish suspected rapists

Education Minister Treenuch Thienthonghas instructed a boarding school in Phetchabun's Muang district to punish students involved in the sexual assault of female pupils in its dormitory on Aug 24, if found guilty.

Bangkok Post · Sep 26, 2022

Director accused of scotching rape claim

Education Minister Trinuch Thienthong has ordered authorities to speed up their investigation into the alleged sexual assault of a Prathom five (Grade 5) female student by a boy at a school in Phetchabun province.

Bangkok Post · Jun 28, 2022

Dropouts in school 'by September'

The government is aiming to re-enrol all children who had dropped out of school by September, Education Minister Trinuch Thienthong said on Sunday.

Bangkok Post · Jun 27, 2022

Cannabis to be banned from state schools

The Ministry of Education plans to issue an order making state schools nationwide cannabis-free zones following the plant's recent decriminalisation.

Bangkok Post · Jun 15, 2022

Scouts uniforms a 'burden', claim parents

Education Minister Trinuch Thienthong has asked schools to consider whether pupils enrolled in scouting programmes should be compelled to purchase and wear the uniform following recent publicity of parent complaints and online debate.

Bangkok Post · Jun 6, 2022

Ailing uni student falls to death from dormitory building

LOEI: A second-year university student is reported to have drunk toilet cleaner before falling to his death from the fifth floor balcony of a university building in Muang district of this northeastern province on Tuesday night.

Bangkok Post · Jun 1, 2022

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Bangkok Post · May 22, 2022

Hands off students' hair, teachers told

Education Minister Trinuch Thienthong on Sunday affirmed teachers have no right to cut students' hair as a punishment for breaking hairstyle rules.

Bangkok Post · May 18, 2022

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.

Bangkok Post · May 18, 2022

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.

Bangkok Post · May 17, 2022

Teen suicide prompts school probe

Education Minister Trinuch Thienthong has ordered that officials expedite an investigation into the death of a 14-year-old girl who hung herself after a student counsellor advised her to change schools, as her mother wanted.

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Bangkok Post · May 16, 2022

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.

Bangkok Post · Apr 23, 2022

New push to vaccinate school kids this term

The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) has held talks with the Ministry of Education on distributing vaccines for school kids, ahead of the new term which begins next month.

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