Student Hospitalised After School Punishment Reportedly Involved 800 Squats

A student was hospitalised after a school punishment allegedly required him to do 800 squats. The report says the boy later suffered severe pain and weakness, prompting his family to seek medical help. Attention has focused on whether the punishment was excessive, how it was supervised, and what safeguards were in place. Officials and the school faced pressure to explain what happened and clarify disciplinary standards. The incident has reignited debate about student welfare, corporal-style punishments, and how discipline should be handled in Thai schools.

On 2/4/2026 at 8:04 PM, Video News said:

Student Hospitalised After School Punishment Reportedly Involved 800 Squats

A student was hospitalised after a school punishment allegedly required him to do 800 squats. The report says the boy later suffered severe pain and weakness, prompting his family to seek medical help. Attention has focused on whether the punishment was excessive, how it was supervised, and what safeguards were in place. Officials and the school faced pressure to explain what happened and clarify disciplinary standards. The incident has reignited debate about student welfare, corporal-style punishments, and how discipline should be handled in Thai schools.

Thailand's educational system is still in the Dark Ages and the establishment refuses to let the light in.

That isn't discipline, it's sadism.

Don't quote me on this, but I don't recall any of the parties vying for the trough tomorrow have root and branch overhaul of the Thailand's education system in their manifesto.

Since there's no big bucks to be milked from it, the Ministry of Education portfolio will remain a second-tier 'never mind' sop to some underachieving parliamentarian from some junior coalition bed mate.

800? Lucky whoever was counting didn't lose count. 750, 751, 752 ..... ?Damn. Start again. Not trying to make light of a sadistic punishment or in anyway justify it but if failing was an actual punishment here maybe bad behaviour would be a little less prevalant.

7 hours ago, Hawaiian said:

Thailand's educational system is still in the Dark Ages and the establishment refuses to let the light in.

In a normal system this teacher would be fired immediately and charged in some instances.

2 hours ago, blaze master said:

In a normal system this teacher would be fired immediately and charged in some instances.

Another example, a very big primary school on Ram Rd., in Bkk.

Kids have to sit in rows on bare cement for a one hour period before school rituals start, not allowed to stand up, if they come late they have to do a 1 hour 'sit in', that's both summer and winter, And they are not allowed to sit on their school bag, a book, or anything else.

Been lots of complaints from parents over many years. still happens.

1 minute ago, scorecard said:

Another example, a very big primary school on Ram Rd., in Bkk.

Kids have to sit in rows on bare cement for a one hour period before school rituals start, not allowed to stand up, if they come late they still have to do a 1 hour 'sit in', that's both summer and winter, And they are not allowed to sit on their school bag, their hands, a book, or anything else. Not allowed to lift one cheek up then the other. Full sit down for one hour.

Been lots of complaints from parents over many years. still happens.

1 minute ago, scorecard said:

Another example, a very big primary school on Ram Rd., in Bkk.

Kids have to sit in rows on bare cement for a one hour period before school rituals start, not allowed to stand up, if they come late they have to do a 1 hour 'sit in', that's both summer and winter, And they are not allowed to sit on their school bag, a book, or anything else.

Been lots of complaints from parents over many years. still happens.

Thailand being a very old culture with many ingrained outdated beliefs has a long way to go to fix these issues.

Too much change happened way too fast. By this i mean modernizationand a huge inflow of money. When you go from farmers and serfs ruled by elite to a modern society that fast the idealism tends to lag behind. Those in power like it that way and refuse to change.

11 hours ago, scorecard said:

Another example, a very big primary school on Ram Rd., in Bkk.

Kids have to sit in rows on bare cement for a one hour period before school rituals start both summer and winter, not allowed to stand up, if they come late they still have to do a 1 hour 'sit in' before they can go to their respective classrooms. They are not allowed to sit on their school bag, a book, other clothing from their bag or anything else.

Been lots of complaints from parents over many years. still happens.

Punish him if need be. But with 800 squats, they are trying to maim the young man for life. Let him do 4 sets of 30 squats, totalling 120. That will teach him not to repeat whatever mistake that was, and have him do some decent exercises. Certainly NOT 800 squats!!!