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19, 2000 VOL. 27 NO. 19 | SEARCH ASIAWEEK
Letters
School
Fight
"The Thai Education System Sucks" [INSIDE STORY, March 31] contained gross
inaccuracies in the account of Sumalee Limpaovart and Kasetsart University
Demonstration School. As president of the university, I would point out
that the KU Demonstration School was founded as the educational laboratory
for the Faculty of Education. Hence the admission criteria are designed
to recruit a diversified representation of the population. Admission is
not based solely on the score gained in the entrance examination, but
on an evaluated score which takes into account the exam result and a combination
of other relevant factors. Each applicant has an equal chance. There are
four age-group classifications: 5 years 6 months to 5 years 8 months;
5 years 8 months to 5 years 11 months; 6 years to 6 years 12 months; 6
years to 6 years 6 months.
These classifications are further subdivided for male and female students.
Each year there are 120 places available. Eighty of these places are for
students who have achieved the criteria required on the evaluated score,
examination result and assessment of relevant factors. The other 40 places
are awarded at the discretion of the admission committee. The choice of
students is a reflection of their parents' outstanding cooperative service
to the school and the university throughout the years.
The reason for her daughter's ineligibility was clearly explained to Sumalee
(above). The school's administration section has complied fully with the
requirement of the Information Act. You said that parents donate money,
cars and computers in order to get their children accepted; this is totally
unfounded. It does not happen, has never happened and never will.
Prof. Thira Sutabutra
president, Kasetsart University
Bangkok
Since this letter was written, the Thai State Council has ruled that quotas
allowing privileged students admission to government schools were discriminatory
and should be banned. They were not in line with the country's new Constitution
(see "Making Thai History," EDITORIALS, May 12). Sumalee's petitions had
set the wheels in motion. Her child now attends a private school. - The
Editors
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