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They can get rid of the party but this will not change this number. If anything it will increase it. The Thai people want change.

So you can commit a crime and still be a Senator. ?????????????????????

This is more than likely correct but in this US style of litigation it doesn't matter it seems here in Thailand. There seems there is no parliamentary privilege here. If someone wants to charge deformation that's what they'll do and it will go to court. A court that if you not connected to the military elite you're chances of dismissal are very slim indeed if the person claiming deformation is from that very military elite sector. It was raised in parliament. This should never be allowed to happen.

Agree but in a democracy what is said in parliament is immune from defamation prosecution under parliamentary privilege. This should never happen. Any abuse of parliamentary privilege is sorted out in parliament but this isn't abuse. It's simply pointing out corruption under what I would think to be parliamentary privilege.

This is why parliamentary privilege exists. Said outside of parliament one is open to defamation but this wasn't. Just another example of why democracy in Thailand is nothing but a facade.

14 Senators selected from Buriram. Tell me that doesn't stink. How anyone could say this with a straight face is obviously deluded (maybe it can be said that elections are free and fair, it's what happens after via the EC and CC) and I'm not sure what a recount will achieve. Maybe a check of bank accounts for recent large deposits might be more beneficial. Said before and will say it again. This was not an election it was a selection open to fraud and corruption and in no way is representative of the views and opinions of the people of Thailand. A complete and total sham.

Following a global trend. Maybe not in Chiang Mai though. p.s. anxiously awaiting reply.

The tip of the iceberg. Catch 10% miss 90%. Recriminalise dope as a narcotic and the next big burn will have a lot more yaa baa in the mix.

This selection was always open to fraud and corruption. A complete idiotic idea. Individuals selecting individuals rather than the voting population electing individuals to represent them in the Senate.

There's nothing bright about having to plan 1000's of individualised lesson plans a month. It's simply impossible. No negative outlook here just common sense and an understanding of how teaching and learning works. As I said it's a good idea but only when practicable. Classes of 40+ it's most definitely not practical.

Ah! Keep the advisors at arms length so they take the fall. The corruption of these advisors would be the tip of the iceberg. Look up the ladder to see the real corruption.

I guess all the religious people are firmly grounded in reality then. An almighty, omnipotent entity that created everything and that nobody has ever seen and there is no evidence of is reality. I'll take the alcohol and the odd puff over that any time.

Not for long. The EC will accuse her of something and she will have to step down pending a ruling from the CC which will ban her from the Senate and from running again for 10 years.

If age is a mathematical difference then I guess you've got your answer.

Facebook, Tik Tok and games. As for individual teaching that's all well and good if there are 10 or less students in the class but try that with 40 students in a class. 4 classes of 40 students a day all being taught what THEY want to learn would be around 200 individual lesson plans per day. 1000 lesson plans a week? This is obviously impossible..

A 45 min lesson (in reality 40 min or a bit less) is a good lesson length. This way you don't miss a lesson. They're just a bit shorter. The OP doesn't mention anything about how this will happen (IF IT DOES?) but I think six 45 minute lessons a day. Shortens the average 6 lesson per day school day for students by an hour whilst retaining the six lessons a day.

What a surprise. If the Senate was voted for through a general election there would be no military men voted in. This selection process and this result just shows how unrepresentative this sham selection-not election-is.

Pity you didn't read my post where I corrected my error.

Agree and disagree. Reduce lesson times to 45 min and abolish useless out of class activities e.g. scouts. 45 min which in reality will be 40 minutes is a pretty good time. Keep in mind the attention span of kids.

This is true and is part of the indoctrination process as is religion. There are positives though like socialisation and how to behave properly in a society.

Doesn't actually mention reducing classes and the headline is somewhat pre-emptive IMO that hours will be reduced but as I said in a previous post in-class time could be reduced, classes per day could be reduced or both less classes per day and less in-class time. My guess is still 6 classes a day but at 45 minutes. This would make an 8:30am-2:30pm school day for students.

Many things are learnt at school and they're not all scholastic.

Thanks @stonerBt3.48 billion. I think the entire budget is the more than Bt200 trillion that popped into my mind. But again reducing in-class time for students may save some money on school's electricity bills (a bit) but other than that you have not said how this actually saves money to be funneled elsewhere.

This was for a specific project and has nothing to do with a reduction in school hours. The budget for public schools here is over Bt200 trillion.

Maybe you can explain how reducing the hours of a school day equals to taking money out of the education system to be used elsewhere. Not mentioned in the article but I would think a reduction in the time of one study period from one hour to forty five minutes may be one thing they are considering or a reduction from six in class hours a day to five or maybe both. How on earth does this equate to taking money away from the budget.