The Ministry of Education has delivered a rare and welcome policy change for students. A laudable new regulation that was delivered out of the blue addresses the problem of teenage pregnancies in a positive manner. This commendable decision comes in the wake of a serious black eye to the system.
The head and staff at a rural Phayao school tried to gloss over egregious and embarrassing misconduct by some Grade 8 students when they had an outstanding opportunity for discipline and, more importantly, to embrace what could have been a real "teaching moment".
First, the good news. Effective from the next school year, all schools in the kingdom, from elementary through university, will be forbidden by law from expelling pregnant students.
