Students told to join rallies as personal choice
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Vocational Education Commission deputy secretary-general Aganit Klungsang said yesterday that executives of more than 20 private and public vocational colleges had been summoned for a meeting to ensure that students participating in political rallies do s
Aganit said some vocational colleges had been closed and it was only alumni or dropouts who joined the rallies. He added that the commission did not intend to ban students from expressing themselves, but was not happy about the fact that some carried placards displaying the name of their colleges.
He said the Royal Thai Police had contacted educational institutions under the jurisdiction of the Education Ministry to ensure that they monitor their students’ activities.
Bundit Sriputtangkul, secretary-general of the Office of the Private Education Commission, said that of the 29 students who participated in political rallies, some came from nine colleges that had been closed down. He added that the two commissions would team up to file complaints against anybody claiming to have joined political rallies as representatives of their educational institutions.
