Time to heed South's needs

EDITORIAL

Published: 7 Dec 2012 at 00.00
Newspaper section: News

In the past two weeks, there has been a rise in the number of attacks on teachers and schools in the deep South. Two female teachers were brutally murdered, two schools were torched and another teacher was seriously injured by insurgents who are out to destroy what they view as symbols of a Thai Buddhist state in the Malay Muslim-dominated region.

In response, the government has promised to beef up security and improve financial remuneration for teachers in high-risk areas. Although these measures are necessary, they are sorely insufficient in addressing the safety concerns of teachers in the restive South.

Like it or not, we must admit that the military can never provide round-the-clock protection for school teachers _ not when state schools are not regarded as part of the local culture and community.

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brilliant
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Discussion 9 : 08 Dec 2012 at 22.289
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dom - normally when someone asks you what Yingluck has done, you say read the paper. Now you accuse the paper of hiding what Yingluck has done. Can you be consistent and honest with your comment for once?
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Discussion 8 : 08 Dec 2012 at 22.038
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So dom, then inform us.
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Discussion 7 : 08 Dec 2012 at 02.387
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The fact that the right wing press does not "write one single sentence" on the subject does not mean that nothing has been done.
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Discussion 6 : 07 Dec 2012 at 19.276
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dom - "The Surayad government agreed this policy in 2007, it has been government policy since then."

Then, as I ask in disc 1, can you provide examples of policy CHANGE by Yingluck to help. No.
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Discussion 5 : 07 Dec 2012 at 18.135
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The Surayad government agreed this policy in 2007, it has been government policy since then.
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Discussion 4 : 07 Dec 2012 at 16.344
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D2, exactly where does it say the MOE refuses to carry out government policy? It says they ignore calls in the deep south. While maybe wrong, calls from the deep south are not government policy.
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Discussion 3 : 07 Dec 2012 at 14.033
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I am wondering how China deal with its different religion Buddhist and Islam. Recently there are flare up in Tibet and some Islam(region)mostly Chinese government use more stick than carrot to deal with separatist. I hope Thailand be able to learn from China to deal with such problems.
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Discussion 2 : 07 Dec 2012 at 09.412
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brilliant D1

If you stop and read the article above you will understand the problem is that the Min of Ed refuses to carry out government policy, as they have refused to obey all the governments who have been ordering this since 2007.
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Discussion 1 : 07 Dec 2012 at 06.001
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Can the PTP give us some specific examples of policy change that Yingluck has implemented since taking over the security position several weeks ago? I can't recall one sentence being written about anything done since then to improve the situation.
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