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School students can have longer hair

BANGKOK - The Ministry of Education has instructed all government-run schools to be more lenient on students' hairstyles.

Education Minister Phongthep Thepkanjana said on Thursday that school regulations introduced in 1972 required male students to have only crew cuts with hair no longer than five centimetres, while female students' hair cannot cascade past their neckline. If their schools allow them to have longer hair, their hair must be tied back.

He said the regulations were later modified in 1975 to allow male students to have slightly longer hair.

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  • paullane

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    Discussion 1 : 10 Jan 2013 at 15.141

    The regulations regarding enforced haircuts were removed 9 years ago. Likewise all forms of corporal punishment of students were made illegal (a criminal offence) 7 years ago.

    The fact is Thai teachers, and school directors, are dinosaurs who simply refuse to accept change so the haircuts and the beatings go on.

    With luck this formal letter will make some difference but somehow I doubt it. Just another thing for the holier than thou teachers of this country to put on ignore!

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