MICT refuses to drop banhammer on websites linked to homework services
By Coconuts Bangkok

BANGKOK: -- As services offering to do homework for students in exchange for their small allowance flood the internet, the Ministry of Education’s request for a blanket ban has been denied by nation’s watchers on the digital wall.

After finding about 1.5 million links related to homework services, education officials were told by the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology it would not block sites without a police report from citizens.

Searching Google with various "homework services" keywords such as research, thesis and report writing services, turned up some 1.5 million results, prompting the mass-blocking request from education permanent minister Sutthasi Wongsamarn.

But despite its reputation as a willing censor, MICT cited a need for due process, saying it won’t take action until someone first files a complaint with police and a site is found guilty of violating the Computer Crimes Act, Morning News reported.

Full story: http://bangkok.coconuts.co//2014/09/02/mict-refuses-drop-banhammer-websites-linked-homework-services


-- Coconuts Bangkok 2014-09-02

What is wrong with that.

Free market economist call this: Demand & Supply.

Go to read your Adam Smith: Wealth of nation.

Surprised there isn't a 'Grade your student's homework' site for the teachers.

They have to learn how to be corrupt at a young age. Cheating on homework is where it starts.

Why bother, they all pass anyway

What is wrong with that.

Free market economist call this: Demand & Supply.

Go to read your Adam Smith: Wealth of nation.

A good teacher would recognize it and let the student repeat parts of his homework in the class.

But well Thailand and good teacher.....

A real teacher will know what their students are capable of. So, if the schools are doing their jobs then this is a non-issue; but something tells me otherwise........

What is wrong with that.

Free market economist call this: Demand & Supply.

Go to read your Adam Smith: Wealth of nation.

You are seriously asking what is wrong with that?

You just hit the nail on the head, methinks.

By the way, had your education been better, you may have learned what plural means.....

Doing it in your neighborhood is fine, but putting it on the web embarrasses the nation.....

"MICT cited a need for due process" ?

After living in Thailand five and a half years, I would never, never, employ a Thai with only a Thai education. Period. Good luck Thailand.....

Edited September 2, 201411 yr by SMSinBangkok

Personally, if I were running a business I would employ anyone fitting the profile I am looking for: this employee would be kept on the job on a merit basis....regardless of where they were educated

You might be surprised to know that some locally "badly" educated people are smarter than some PHD collected abroad

Edited September 3, 201411 yr by alyx

It is the age of outsourcing

A Grade 6 Math test paper is a must for job applicants here in Thailand. And no bringing it out of the interview room...;-)