Photo by SOMCHAI POOMLARDUrgent measures are needed to help students in provinces under maximum Covid-19 controls catch up on their studies, academics say. Sompong Jitradub, a lecturer with Chulalongkorn University's Faculty of Education, urged the government to come up with a plan to help these students. "Since the Covid-19 outbreak, schools in Thailand have been forced to stop providing in-person education for about 90 days, or about 40%, of the academic year. "Education inequalities between poor and well-off students were already an issue in Thailand, even before the pandemic," he said. "Many countries already have a plan, so Thailand should have one as well.

Source: Bangkok Post January 29, 2021 02:03 UTC