Calls for AIT president to step down or face protests
Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) students and lecturers Tuesday called on AIT president Professor Said Irandoust to step down to take responsibility over the fact the institute's degrees may not be certified by the Office of the Civil Service Commissio
Irandoust held a meeting of students and lecturers to discuss the problem and answered questions about the institute’s 2012 and 2013 budgets. Diplomats from nine countries attended.
Over 200 students dressed in black and white to express their dissatisfaction with Irandoust’s management. The problem emerged after the AIT issued a new charter in January this year, which the government has yet to ratify.
Pawat Traipattanakul, a former student leader, said the meeting failed to provide any answer to the problem that students would receive degrees after graduating that would be certified.
The Nation
