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Standing areas could return to Premier League and Championship League clubs stadiums next year should be approved after safety scrutiny, more than two decades after the Hillsborough disaster in 1989.

The government is offering English for tourism e-learning courses to encourage students, tourism industry personnel, and the general public to develop their English skills. The move by the Department of Tourism follows an Asean agreement on standards for tourism workers.

The Office of Basic Education Commission (Obec) has signed a memorandum of understanding with online platform, Speexx Thailand, to promote and develop online English classes.

Plans to improve Thais’ English proficiency by introducing a bilingual curriculum at all grade levels must overcome snags over school qualifications, the secretary-general of Office of the Basic Education Commission (OBEC) said on Wednesday (November 13). 

Education Minister Nataphol Teepsuwan said on Friday (November 8) that a bilingual curriculum – in Thai and English – would be in place from kindergarten up at more than 2,000 district schools starting in academic year 2020.

The Japanese Chamber of Commerce in Bangkok wants the Industry Ministry to tackle the issue of an inadequate number of workers for factories and the lack of workers’ communication skills in English, Industry Minister Suriya Juangroongruangkit said on Tuesday.

Re: “A few tips on getting kids to speak English”, Have Your Say, yesterday.

Re: “Who needs maths when your English is this good at 10?”, Have Your Say, yesterday.

Thanachote Pimelapthanabrun, 14, started learning English by himself before he started school. He has since won many English speech competitions including Triam Udom Suksa School's the TU Open House 2019 in January , beating contestants older than him.

A DUTCH art detective has returned two priceless stone reliefs stolen from an ancient Spanish church after tracing them to an English nobleman’s garden where they were displayed as ornaments.

A STRONG grasp of the English language will not be required of teacher-education graduates, the committee in charge of preparing a teacher qualifications framework has decided.

A 46-year-old English language teacher, who was allegedly operating an organic marijuana farm and selling it online, was arrested on Friday after a raid on a four-storey building on Din Daeng Road in Bangkok's Phayathai district.