A TEAM of soldiers and policemen raided an unlicensed school on Koh Phangan where over a hundred foreign students, among them many from Israel, were studying and also rounded foreign teachers working there without permits, Amarin TV said today (May 2). Lt. Gen. Norathip Poinok, commander of the 4th Army Region and director of
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Update: 3 injured in school hostage-taking crisis, no fatalities
THE Public Health Ministry said in a Facebook post late this evening (Feb. 11) that three people had been injured in a hostage-taking crisis at a school in Hat Yai with the principal who was shot and earlier reported having died actually survived, TV Channel 7 said. The gunman who stormed the school at
Read moreGunman holding students, teachers hostage surrenders
A GUNMAN who took students and teachers hostage at a prestigious school in Hat Yai has surrendered with the principal he shot later dying in the hospital, Amarin TV said this evening (Feb. 11). At approximately 4.45 p.m. the gunman, who is a former student around 16 to 17 years old, opened fire within
Read moreInferno bus in use for 54 years
THE BUS that caught fire on Vibhavadi Rangsit road leading to the tragic death of 23 mainly kindergarten and primary schoolchildren and teachers had been in use for 54 years with the engine switched from Isuzu to Benz at a later date, Amarin TV said this morning (Oct. 2). This bus, the second of
Read moreDriver dead, 15 students hurt as truck slams into van
A SIX-WHEEL parcel delivery truck slammed into a school van in Chiang Rai early this morning (Oc. 25) killing the driver of the latter vehicle and injuring 15 students, Matichon newspaper said. At 7.20 a.m. the police at Pa Daet station in this northern province were alerted of an accident on Road No. 1126 passing
Read moreFrance to ban Muslim abaya dress in state schools
By Reuters and published by CNA Paris – France will ban children from wearing the abaya, the loose-fitting, full-length robes worn by some Muslim women, in state-run schools, its education minister said on Sunday (Aug. 27) ahead of the back-to-school season. France, which has enforced a strict ban on religious signs in state schools
Read moreUpdate: Fire extinguisher that exploded did not have a safety valve
POLICE said a carbon dioxide fire extinguisher that exploded during a fire drill at a secondary school in Bangkok killing one student and injuring 29 others was a reusable one but not fitted with a safety valve, Thai Rath and Matichon newspapers said this afternoon (June 23). Metropolitan Police Chief Pol. Lt. Gen. Thiti
Read more1 student dead, 5 others injured as fire extinguisher explodes during drill
A FIRE DRILL at Rajavinit Mathayom School in Dusit district turned into a tragedy when a carbon dioxide extinguisher exploded killing one student and injuring five others including a coach at 11.30 a.m. this morning (June 23), Thai Rath and Naewna newspapers said. Metropolitan Police Chief Pol. Lt. Gen. Thiti Saengsawang and Nang Loeng
Read moreYok explains her actions after termination of student status
SOON AFTER Triam Udom Suksa Pattanakarn School issued a statement late this afternoon (June 17) that 15-year-old Thanalop Phalanchai, or Yok, no longer has student status for not complying with the condition that a parent must hand over the student at the start of the new school year, she clarified her actions in a
Read moreYok climbs fence to enter school again, willing to hold talks
A 15-year-old girl who is the youngest person ever accused of violating the lese majeste law, better known as Criminal Code Section 112, climbed the fence to enter her school again today (June 15) and said she is willing to hold talks to find a solution to continuing studying there, Naewna newspaper said. Triam
Read moreTeen lese majeste suspect expelled from school
A 15-year-old teen girl who is the youngest person ever accused of violating the lese majeste law, better known as Criminal Code Section 112, posted a message on her personal Facebook page that she has been expelled from school, Naewna newspaper said this morning (June 14). Thanalop Phalanchai, or Yok, a 10th grade student
Read moreStudent stabbed to death, three others wounded in school fight
A FIGHT between seventh and eighth graders of a well-known school in Sisaket province led to one of them stabbing the other to death while three other students also got wounded with two in serious condition, MNG Online said today (May 30). The stabbings occurred yesterday afternoon with the other students crying in intense
Read moreChinese tourists’ school uniform fad reaches Phuket
WITH Phuket now bustling as a large number of both Thai and foreign tourists flock in, it is Chinese tourists who are making waves with their fad to take photos clad in Thai school uniforms at key downtown spots, Matichon newspaper said today (Mar. 11). This trend among the Chinese tourists to wear Thai
Read moreBMA probing school director over alleged lunch money swindle
THE BANGKOK Metropolitan Administration (BMA) today (Feb. 2) launched an investigation of the director of a school in Khlong Sam Wa district over charges of swindling the contractor who won a bid to supply lunch to the students out of over 329,000 baht, Naewna newspaper said. BMA’s Deputy Permanent Secretary Dr. Wantanee Wattana said
Read moreSchool footballers, coaches hurt after bus hits top of underpass
A BUS taking a school football team and their coaches from Bangkok’s Nong Chok district to a field in Bang Sao Thong district, Samut Prakan, hit the top of a Motorway underpass causing the roof to cave in and this leading to 13 of them getting injured, Thai Rath newspaper said today (Jan. 15).
Read moreFamilies argue after ninth grader badly slashes fellow student for ‘bullying’
THE families of two students with one having badly slashed the other for allegedly bullying him argued over compensation while the injured boy denied tormenting his classmate, Sanook.com said today (Sept. 7). The unnamed ninth grade student at a school in Pakham district of Buriram province used a grass hook which he brought from
Read moreDriver charged with recklessness after school bus flips over
THE DRIVER of a six-wheel pick-up truck converted into a school bus that overturned in Nakhon Phanom this morning (July 5) leading to two students being seriously injured was later charged with reckless driving, Sanook.com said. The accident occured at Ban Phueng subdistrict, Mueang Nakhon Phanom district, as the driver, Mr. Lamyai Somi, 60,
Read moreTexas school shooting victims were all in the same classroom, says state official
By Sky News ALL OF the victims in the Texas primary school shooting were in one classroom, according to a state public safety official. The gunman barricaded himself inside a classroom, “shooting anyone that was in his way,” the official said. Police and others responding to Tuesday’s attack broke windows at the school in an
Read moreThief steals school football team’s boots
DISHEARTENED today (Jan. 25) was a school football team after a thief stole all their boots just as they were about to start a match, Sanook.com said. Mr. Torslur Ngorknavung, the football coach of Khon Sawan School, Chaiyaphum province, posted pictures of the students dressed in their team outfit but dejected after their boots were
Read moreRemains of 215 children found at former indigenous school site in Canada
By Reuters Staff, published by Euronews.com Toronto – The remains of 215 children, some as young as three years old, were found at the site of a former residential school for indigenous children, a discovery Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau described as heartbreaking on Friday. The children were students at the Kamloops Indian Residential School
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