Crackdown on truancy: Student areas inspected in Chiang Mai

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Student areas inspected in Chiang Mai

CHIANG MAI, 18 May 2016, (NNT) - The Ministry of Education has led the crackdown on truancy in Chiang Mai province, culminating in the arrest of an internet cafe owner on charges of inciting inappropriate behavior among youths.

Inspector-General of the Ministry of Education Prasert Boonruang led a team of student inspectors, teachers, and officials from the Ministry of Culture to examine several venues known to be popular among students. These venues mostly consist of public parks and internet cafes.

They discovered a large number of truants at internet cafes near the college and filed them under a disciplinary action report, before informing their parents about the misconduct.

The inspection team indicated that these students also exhibited aggressive behavior and later arrested one of the cafe owners for inciting inappropriate behavior among youths. The owner reportedly attempted to sidestep a previous cease and desist order by renaming the internet cafe.

-- NNT 2016-05-18

[Thailand]

Surely the students simply have to refer to the pm's very recent proclamation saying that they should spend less time on lessons and more time on critical thinking. Internet cafes and parks in particular are perfect for such activity.

[Pib]

Send them to re-education camps which seems to be the in-thing to do now days with the govt.

[gandalf12]

Just make education optional, problem solved

[Emster23]

If schools offered real meaningful education rather than rote drill and obedience training, perhaps truancy would be less of a problem?

[Emster23]

double post follies

Edited May 18, 2016 by Emster23

[Jimbo2014]

Isnt this like punishing sweet shops for inciting rotten teeth? or am I missing something? Did the internet proprietor entice the young lads with free games of call of duty if they missed school?

[NE1]

Why don't they go to any shopping mall , in school hours between Monday and Friday in any part of the country.

There are an abundance of the little treasures there.