"new semester"

Students were seen queuing up on Wednesday (July 1) to have their temperature checked as they got ready for class on the first day of semester at Khon Kaen University’s demonstration primary school.

Many students returned to Yala Kindergarten School on the first day of a new semester (July 1), wearing face shields and face masks.

Education Minister Nataphol Teepsuwan urged educational institutes nationwide to organise teaching arrangements for the new normal of maintaining health safety.

With the new semester of most Thai schools starting on Tuesday, pawnshops across the country have prepared extra money to cater to the increased need of customers seeking cash in exchange for valuables to pay their children’s tuition fees and other related expenses.