Universities to continue dealing with SCB
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The Rajabhat University Presidents Council of Thailand and Rajamangala universities yesterday decided not to boycott Siam Commercial Bank (SCB), which recently caused an uproar by advertising that only graduates from certain universities would be consider
The resolution came out after the executives of the Rajabhat and Rajamangala universities attended a meeting at the Phranakhon Rajabhat University in Chanthaburi province yesterday.
Dr Niwat Klinngam, who chairs the Rajabhat University President Council of Thailand, revealed after the meeting that the universities would continue having financial dealings with SCB. It was also resolved at the meeting that universities should take into account human-resource development in order to cope with the labour market.
Dr Niwat pointed out that the educational standards at both universities had been approved by the Office of the Higher Education Commission and the Office for National Education Standards and Quality Assessment.
Meanwhile, SCB president Yol Phokasub said the bank had no policy of selective recruitment, blaming the faulty advertisement on the system. He said the ad was removed immediately, and denied rumours on the Net about SCB being discriminatory.
The president insisted that the jobs were open to all graduates, pointing out that his bank had accepted 4,348 graduates, of whom 30 per cent were from Rajabhat and Rajamangala Universities.
