{"id":80895,"date":"2020-10-02T23:32:08","date_gmt":"2020-10-02T20:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/thailands-bad-students-demand-ministers-resignation-reforms\/"},"modified":"2020-10-02T23:32:08","modified_gmt":"2020-10-02T20:32:08","slug":"thailands-bad-students-demand-ministers-resignation-reforms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/thailands-bad-students-demand-ministers-resignation-reforms\/","title":{"rendered":"#Thailand’s ‘Bad Students’ demand minister’s resignation, reforms"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Thailand’s ‘Bad Students’ demand minister’s resignation, reforms<\/strong>”
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\n BANGKOK \u2013 Thailand\u2019s self-styled \u201cBad Student\u201d campaigners demanded the resignation of Education Minister Nataphol Teepsuwan on Friday after touring some of Bangkok\u2019s high schools in a brightly painted truck and calling for reforms.<\/p>\n

\u201cGet out, get out, get out!\u201d they chanted from the open-top truck after it parked in front of the steps of the Education Ministry.<\/p>\n

The group, part of a broader protest movement that has gained momentum in Thailand since July and is calling for greater democracy, also threw thousands of copies of a mock resignation letter from the minister into the air.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a man without any qualifications,\u201d said Laponpat Wangpaisit, an activist from the group.<\/p>\n

The minister was not in Bangkok, but senior officials met the students.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe received the petition from the students and will investigate them,\u201d Permanent Secretary of Education, Supatra Champathong, said. The resignation letter, with a space left for Nataphol to sign, will be passed onto the minister, he added.<\/p>\n

Nataphol did not respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n

Earlier, the group visited schools throughout the capital, cheered on by pupils who have also demanded educational reforms including an end to harassment and to school rules they say are outdated.<\/p>\n

From behind school gates, pupils cheered the protesters, sang songs mocking school rules and gave the three-finger salute of pro-democracy campaigners. At one school, pupils put a sign on the gate saying: \u201cTeachers at this school harass students.\u201d<\/p>\n

Student campaigners complain that Thailand\u2019s school system is geared more towards instilling obedience than education.<\/p>\n

Concerns over the harsh treatment of pupils have risen this week after the emergence of closed-circuit camera footage of teachers hitting young children. The clips prompted outrage and calls for measures to be taken against the schools.<\/p>\n

As protests gather pace, some campaigners are also seeking reforms to the powerful monarchy. They plan a major demonstration on Oct. 14.\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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