Ohec recently conducted a special audit of private universities nationwide after it received petitions claiming many private universities had offered substandard courses by admitting a higher number of students into some programmes than permitted. The investigation found a total of 98 bachelor's and master's programmes run by 10 private universities failed to meet minimum requirements. Ohec's secretary-general Supat Jampathong said that out of 98 substandard courses, 78 were provided through satellite campuses, only 20 were offered at their main campuses. Mr Supat said Ohec will invoke Section 84 of the Private University Act warning all 10 private universities to fix the problems by next month. Earlier this month, Ohec suspended three substandard courses at Burapha University owing to the same problem.

Source: Bangkok Post March 09, 2017 22:01 UTC