webfact Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 Education Min campaigning against alcohol in schoolsBANGKOK, 29 April 2013 (NNT) – The Education Ministry has joined hands with the Thai Health Promotion Foundation in launching a campaign against alcohol consumption in schools, while expressing concerns over the rising number of new drinkers each year.The Education Ministry has ordered all schools nationwide to promptly monitor alcohol drinking on campuses, saying the campaign has not been very successful as the number of new drinkers rises every year. Thailand sees approximately 250,000 new drinkers each year, most whom are youngsters. Therefore, the ministry will, from now on, strictly enforce ban on alcohol among the youngsters.The ministry has also urged all schools to be on the lookout for other vice including cigarettes, gambling, and drugs, as well as violence.-- NNT 2013-04-29 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post whybother Posted April 29, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted April 29, 2013 Therefore, the ministry will, from now on, strictly enforce ban on alcohol among the youngsters. "From now on" ??? Why haven't they been enforcing it before now? 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kananga Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 Therefore, the ministry will, from now on, strictly enforce ban on alcohol among the youngsters. "From now on" ??? Why haven't they been enforcing it before now? Beat me to it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GentlemanJim Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 (edited) Therefore, the ministry will, from now on, strictly enforce ban on alcohol among the youngsters. "From now on" ??? Why haven't they been enforcing it before now? They were always too pissed to take any notice ! too full of ear medicine that is, which of course is not banned from schools (or parliament). Edited April 29, 2013 by GentlemanJim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Covertjay Posted April 29, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted April 29, 2013 Wasn't the 2-5 pm sales ban to fix just this? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bendywire Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 There goes my daily supply, school won't be the same anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NongKhaiKid Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 I wonder if this meant to control the students or the teachers ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chainarong Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 Also Road safety education. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetsetBkk Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 I wish they wouldn't make this kind of announcement because it makes you wonder what they've been doing all this time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhizBang Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 You really couldn't make this crap up. No one would believe it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lee b Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 Is this not why the 7/11 stops all of us from bying booze between 2-5pm??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuckyLew Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 I thought Thai students only went to school to get drunk They sure as heck get a piss poor education Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seajae Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 doesnt surprise me at all, I have no idea what the legal age is here for drinking, I have asked my wife and neither does she. I asked her after her 12 y/o daughter started to drink her mothers mixers when I would make them. Seems that thai kids can do as they please, doesnt matter as long as they want to do it. Maybe thats why they donr learn in school. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
culicine Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 Wasn't the 2-5 pm sales ban to fix just this?That policy was just to inconvenience responsible adult drinkers who happen to want to buy alcohol at the most appropriate shopping times ! As for schools, students will get alcohol regardless of any bans. The MoE, I would have thought, has much greater educational issues to be dealing with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbamboo Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 Wasn't the 2-5 pm sales ban to fix just this? No, that was to piss off farangs who were planning their dinner parties. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yourauntbob Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 Last time i worked at a government school they had whiskey on every table during "faculty functions" after school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billd766 Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 "Thailand sees approximately 250,000 new drinkers each year, most whom are youngsters." That must be the most stupid and fatuous statement I have ever read. OF COURSE they will be youngsters that haven't drunk before, it is called growing up. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoodMaiDai Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 If you can't get drunk in school, what is the reason for even going? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Locationthailand Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 Therefore, the ministry will, from now on, strictly enforce ban on alcohol among the youngsters. "From now on" ??? Why haven't they been enforcing it before now? Beat me to it. Probably asked the police to step in - and we know that means '0'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pib Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 The Education Ministry has ordered all schools nationwide to promptly monitor alcohol drinking on campuses, saying the campaign has not been very successful as the number of new drinkers rises every year. Oh good, another "order" from the Education Ministry...that will fix the problem....and it won't prevent the next Education Minister from issuing the same order a year from now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dickyknee Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 I wonder if the education ministry meets ISO9001 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skywalker69 Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 Hope Chalerm isn´t involved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surangw Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 probably will work as well as the ban on gambling in the schools Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
overherebc Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 I wonder if the education ministry meets ISO9001 They meet quite often for a few beers after lunch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cup-O-coffee Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 So far, everything I have read in these education-related articles bears absolutely no dissimilarities with the adults in the student's environment. Put more succinctly; these students are behaving exactly as the large percentage of adults in their society; hence, why bemoan making them something other than what they are? You spawned it, Thailand, so quit whining and get used to it. It is your country, and it is what you make of it, and I see that all too clearly. You have created one hell of a mess and there is absolutely no way you'll ever rise above it all. You have created a system that exists only to perpetuate itself, and its sole intent towards surviving has no relationship to the kind of solutions that are needed. Solutions: Your culture forbids them. Your society resists them. Your religion takes a step back and accept approach to them; and, generally speaking, the family unit in your country does not demonstrate the courage and determination required to generate the behavior and thinking in their children that are vital to making a legitimate classroom to be productive and receptive to the curriculum. But, it is your country. That is true. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chooka Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 Wasn't the 2-5 pm sales ban to fix just this? Yes but lunch hour is normally 12 - 1 p.m so plenty of time to pop out and stock up for the afternoon lessons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmitch Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 Wasn't the 2-5 pm sales ban to fix just this? Yes but lunch hour is normally 12 - 1 p.m so plenty of time to pop out and stock up for the afternoon lessons. Don't give them ideas. We don't want a ban from 11am until 5pm! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawker9000 Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 Drinking on school grounds?! Amazing that this could even be up for discussion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halion Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 Monkey see, monkey do. These kids are simply reacting to Thai society which has almost no social or moral ethics when dealing with the raising of children. As for drinking ,drugs ,gambling and violence during school sessions ,they should not need a reminder for some dork at the Ministry. The abolision of the above should be tantamount at school and severely monitored and punished. If the education providers do not know this then thay are not fit to be teaching. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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