Education reform is an utter failure
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45 A student holds a sign lambasting poor education standards during a rally at the Education Ministry. Pornprom Satrabhaya
The World Bank s recent report on a decline in Thai students performance in the Program for International Student Assessment (Pisa) is a slap in the face for the government, particularly the Education Ministry, under Nathapol Teepsuwan.
The report attests to the failure of education reform, pledged by the minister and former core leader of the now-defunct People s Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC). That group s long protest against the Pheu Thai led government resulted in political deadlock, followed by a coup in 2014.
12 12 2020
As lese majeste charges pile up, Digital Economy and Society Minister Buddhipongse Punnakanta – one of Suthep Thaugsuban’s People’s Democratic Reform Committee men – seems to think that the best way to douse the flames of anti-monarchism is to cut off sources of information.
That’s about what we’d expect from a rightist with a track record of censorship for the monarchy. His last effort was against Pornhub, where Buddhipongse declared “that the decision was not related to a clip featuring an important Thai personality that was posted on the website.” Everyone knew he was talking about the king and his former wife, the latter having been treated loathsomely by the former, and that the clip of her near naked was the reason for the ban.