EDUCATION

Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has instructed the Education Ministry to propose further measures to curb inter-school violence.

Thammasat undergraduate students scored the 1st prize for the fourth time under Thammasat Undergraduate Business Challenge, of which result of the 2010 version was unveiled on Saturday.

Students at an Australian school were asked to plan a terrorist attack "to kill the MOST innocent civilians in order to get your message across" as part of a class assignment, Australian Associated Press (AAP) reported Wednesday.

Next month's opening of the Robert F. Kennedy Community Schools will be auspicious for a reason other than its both storied and infamous history as the former Ambassador Hotel, where the Democratic presidential contender was assassinated in 1968. With an eye-popping price tag of $578 million, it will mark the inauguration of the nation's most expensive public school ever.

Thai Mathayom-6 students won a gold medal, plus two silvers and a bronze medal at the 12th International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI) 2010, which finished in Ontario, Canada, yesterday.

Associate Professor Emeritus Jørgen Hylleberg, Marine Ecology, Department of Biological Sciences, has been conferred an Honorary Degree by the Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand.

From June 16 to July 30, 2010, Asst. Prof. Dr. Danai Torrungrueng was on sabbatical leave to carry out research on computational electromagnetics (CEM) with Prof. Joel T. Johnson at the ElectroScience Laboratory (ESL), The Ohio State University (OSU), in Columbus Ohio, USA, (http://electroscience.osu.edu/).

An Asian Experience for International students - Asian University is hosting students from countries as diverse as Venezuela, Russia, India and Portugal on two different programmes (tourism and business) for three weeks. With a full timetable, the students are enjoying Thai hospitality, and an exciting Asian Experience.

Children from rural areas are dazzling education authorities by displaying high levels of skills which make them at least the equal of their city slicker counterparts.

While some students are paddling close to perfect, the country's overall educational quality is floating a long way offshore.