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ISE graduating students enjoy last night together
Front
row: Teurn, Daisy & Chie. Second Row: Mr. Cassetty (High School
teacher), Yi Hao, Kwang Sook, Michael and Jack. Principal of ISE High
School Dr. Young is smiling in the back.
The Graduation Class of 2002 of the International
School Eastern Seaboard (ISE) enjoyed their last evening out together
before they headed off in different directions.
They seemed to have had a jolly good time at the
Alibaba Restaurant in Central Pattaya, eating, chatting, giggling and
reminiscing about the last years in school and the exciting time to come.
Chonburi girl chosen to go to South Africa
Taramika Yimcharoen, 16, from Chonburi was one of three
students chosen to represent Thailand at a South African international
youth camp to protect the environment in July. She and the other two
finalists will receive round trip air tickets courtesy of Cathay Pacific
to attend the “Cathay Pacific International Wilderness Experience
Program”, supported by UNESCO, which aims to encourage a positive
attitude towards solving environmental problems among Thai youth.
The other two finalists are Viwantorn Chantawang, 18,
from Pitstanalok and Pongsiri Vorapongse, 17, from Bangkok.
Yongyut
Lujintanon, sales and marketing manager for Cathay Pacific in Thailand and
Myanmar and Suzanne P.S. Wong (right), assistant to the regional manager
of South East Asia present complimentary tickets to the three finalists of
the “Cathay Pacific International Wilderness Experience Program”
(kneeling from left) Taramika Yimcharoen, 16, from Chonburi, Viwantorn
Chantawang, 18, from Pitstanalok and Pongsiri Vorapongse, 17, from
Bangkok.
University entrance exam to be abolished
This year’s batch of students who waited for the
results of their university entrance exam could be one of the last, thanks
to new government plans to do away with the test that currently pits
thousands of school-leavers against one another for a coveted place at one
of Thailand’s state universities.
University Affairs Minister Suwat Lipatphallop said
that at present the university entrance exam remains necessary, due to
wildly differing standards among the nation’s high schools.
However, he held out promise that the exam could be
abolished in the near future, in favor of an entrance system that relied
on high school course work rather than formal examinations.
He said that once the current round of educational
reforms had been completed, educational standards and opportunities should
be equal enough to allow such a system to operate.
Under the present system, students who fail the
entrance examination can either make a stab at it again the next year -
generally after a year of grueling and expensive extra tuition - or opt
for one of Thailand’s private universities, most of which charge high
fees in comparison to their state counterparts, and do not carry the same
reputation. (TNA)
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