(File photos)Many of my friends were excited to see their universities continue to rule the charts in Thailand when the annual ranking of universities in Asia was announced late last week. The only university in Thailand that managed to maintain its ranking was Chulalongkorn, which was placed around 151-160, a rank it achieved last year. Every other country saw either all or at least some of its educational institutions rise in the ranks over the period. "What has gone wrong with our educational system?" Why is it that the dual-track and high-speed rail links to Nakorn Nowhere are more important than building our educational system and infusing some much-needed steroids into the educational system to propel it to be one of Asean's best places for higher education?

Source: Bangkok Post March 18, 2017 21:29 UTC