Recent research from the University of Thailand Chamber of Commerce shows that school uniforms and supplies have become more expensive.
Thailand warns tourists against wearing school uniforms
Tourists are warned not to wear school uniforms in Thailand. Although wearing Thai student uniforms is currently popular among young Chinese women, the Ministry of Education is not happy with this trend.
How are things at a Thai school?
Do you know what a Thai school day looks like? What are the children learning and what kind of atmosphere is there? Let me sketch a global picture of primary and secondary school in Thailand. I leave the kindergarten Anuban (อนุบาล, à-nóe-baan) and secondary education (technical school, university) undiscussed.
Shaming, 'shaming', in Thai schools
The quality of education in Thailand has been under discussion for some time. One of the responsible factors is certainly the sometimes suffocating discipline imposed on students, and the humiliation they suffer when teachers believe that discipline is being undermined.
Thailand's education minister won't budge on requiring students to wear casual clothes
Education Minister Nataphol Teepsuwan vowed on Tuesday not to bow to pressure from the “Bad Students” group who want to get rid of compulsory school uniforms and wear casual clothes.
Clothing in Thailand
I used to take our son to school, neatly dressed in blue shorts with a razor-sharp crease, a white shirt with the school emblem and his name embroidered on it, white socks that hit just below the knee, and black shoes.
New school uniforms for ladyboys Bangkok University
One of Thailand's leading universities has issued new uniform guidelines. There will now also be a school uniform especially for ladyboys. For example, the pants have a different fit than for male students.
Stereotyping Thai students in Bangkok
The uniforms of Thai students were voted the sexiest clothes in the world in a 2012 poll in Japan. The fashion world in Japan jumped on this and now there is a collection of clothing on the market that is designed based on the uniform clothing of Thai students.
Suddenly they appeared last week on the Rangsit campus of Thammasat University. Four posters with uniformed students simulating sexual acts. The maker, a liberal arts student, wants to use it to provoke a discussion, not only about the uniform, but also about themes such as freedom and choice and the liberal values that Thammasat stands for.