Rewriting of Thai history gets thumbs-up
Syllabus to get update with more key events
The Education Ministry’s plan to overhaul the Basic Education Core Curriculum to include key political events from 1932-1957 has been broadly welcomed, although not without some criticism too.
Former education minister Somsak Prissananantakul on Monday backed the idea of providing students with a better understanding of political history and democratic developments as long as a process known as chamra prawattisat (“clarifying history”) be undertaken as well.
This process, where academics with differing opinions come together to agree upon a standard interpretation,…