PM admires Thai students' accomplishments from 13th JISO, winning one gold and five silver medals

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PM admires Thai students' accomplishments from 13th JISO, winning one gold and five silver medals

 

 

BANGKOK, 13 December 2016 (NNT) - The Prime Minister expressed admiration for the achievement of Thai students who won one gold medal and five silver medals from the 13th International Junior Science Olympiad (JISO) in Indonesia. 

Prime Minister Office (PMO)’s spokesman Sansern Kaewkamnerd disclosed that Prime Minister Gen. Prayut Chan-o-cha admired and congratulated Thai student contestants and those involved with the team's success in winning one gold medal and five silver medals from the 13th JISO in Indonesia during 2-11 December. 

The premier said Thai students are as talented as students elsewhere in the world, and stand ready to learn and develop themselves to compete at the international level. 

He went on to say that the Prime Minister had urged the Ministry of Education to improve the quality of education, reduce disparity between schools especially on the subjects of mathematics, science and reading from the 2017 academic year onwards by learning from other countries.

 

Full story: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/pol-gen-srivara-disagrees-with-searching-dhammakaya-now/

 

-- nnt 2016-12-13

[jerojero]

A very small minority of Thai students may be world class, but the PM should be dammed ashamed of the general Education system in the country he commands. Far from any class, let alone world class.

[klauskunkel]

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He then broke into an impromptu cheerleading routine for team Thai complete with pompoms and back flips! 

[eliotness]

Trying to find out which other countries took part, but the story link at the end of the article is the wrong one !

[freebyrd]

What a pity the 'students' under his tutelage don't perform anything like as well .