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EDUCATION Jurin wants school closure policy review

11 May 2013 : Democrat Party list-MP Jurin Laksanavisit says the government's focus is too narrow in its push to close small schools, and is urging a policy review.
EDUCATIONPhongthep says Thai-Filipino exchange teacher deal sealed

23 Mar 2013 : HANOI : Thailand and the Philippines will sign a teacher exchange agreement in the next two months.

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Bias in classroom opposed
03 May 2010 : Many people feel teachers could best serve students and help lessen tensions in society by acting as role models of neutrality, according to a new poll.
Native tongue twisters
02 May 2010 : All around my Los Angeles neighbourhood are hand-written signs tacked onto lofty palm trees: ``ACCENT ELIMINATION''. The two words are followed by a local telephone number, which to my surprise doesn't begin with 555. Accent Elimination _ how intriguing.
Method in his music
29 Apr 2010 : Music is Ronnachai â€œAodâ€ Thomyapariwatâ€™s life. In his early adulthood, his role as lead vocalist and guitarist of the band Keereeboon made him famous.
Hooray for... Hancock park
25 Apr 2010 : You know, back when I was living in Bangkok I was a pretty modest kind of guy. I know that sounds like I've been living here in Los Angeles for an eternity, as opposed to 14 nights, but I can tell you I've changed.
Local authorities to take over 20 schools
24 Apr 2010 : Twenty public schools will be transferred to local authorities this year, the education minister says.
EDUCATION
Outlying schools in line for facelift
22 Apr 2010 : The Education Ministry will kick off its "one tambon, one outstanding school" project this year with almost 2 billion baht for spending on upgrading schools in remote areas.
family matters
A higher level of communication
22 Apr 2010 : Taking care of one's self during pregnancy is not an easy task. However, taking care of a toddler in the digital era is much harder because of communication problems which are bound to occur in the family.
Studying abroad? Take a look at Malaysia
22 Apr 2010 : When the opportunity to study abroad comes along, the majority of Thai students usually aim for the US or Europe.
Taking the science path
20 Apr 2010 : Once again, MSD Thailand (MSD), in collaboration with Kenan Institute Asia, the Office of the Basic Education Commission, and the Institute for the Promotion of Teaching Science and Technology, organised the "MSD In-Step Fun Science Camp" (Fun Science Camp) at Rajaprajanugroh 35 School in Takua Pa district in the southern province of Phangnga.
TEACHER-2-Teacher
Producing picture-perfect phonemes
20 Apr 2010 : When I learned Japanese, one phoneme, not found in English, was nearly impossible: /tsu/, produced by placing the tongue behind the teeth as with /t/ and bringing it back as when producing /s/. Easy to produce mid-word, I never perfected it word-initial, which remains embarrassing as the name of one of my friends is Tsutomu.