CUPT comes under fire over entrance exam stance

The Council of University Presidents of Thailand (CUPT) has drawn widespread criticism after declaring that students infected with Covid-19 at the time of their scheduled appointment cannot take this year’s university admission test, but will have to wait until next year at the earliest.

The exam dates begin in March and the application period runs from Jan 21 to Feb 9. The issue has sparked a backlash on social media, with the hashtag campaign #banCUPT subsequently going viral on Twitter.

It started when an administrator of the CUPT’s “Mytcas” Facebook page replied to an inquiry by stating that infected applicants will not be able to take the test, and that their examination date will be postponed until 2023 or later. The administrator also suggested they consider choosing alternative subjects to study at colleges that do not…