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Minister not swayed by casual attire

A student from the Bad Students group hangs school uniforms on the gates of the Education Ministry on Ratchadamnoen Nok Avenue in protest against wearing school uniforms during a demonstration in front of the ministry. (Photo by Pornprom Satrabhaya)

Education Minister Nataphol Teepsuwan vowed on Tuesday not to bow to pressure from the “Bad Students” group to allow students to wear casual clothes at school.

“The campaign that is urging students to wear their own clothes to class is intended to force me to make a choice,” Mr Nataphol said. “But I will make my decision based on what is the right thing to do, not because of social pressure.”

Despite his personal views, the minister said teachers must let students attend classes no matter what they wore, after one school denied access to some defiant…

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