As coronavirus pandemic forced school closures, Thailand raced to widen reach of digital education

The devastation that Covid-19 has wrought upon us all is hard to comprehend. For young people, the unprecedented changes to our way of life will perhaps be the most profound.The decision to close schools and extend the beginning of the new term was the hardest call I have had to make since becoming education minister of the Kingdom of Thailand. But the medical and scientific advice was overwhelming.My approach, as soon as I took that very difficult decision, was to set up a full digital and…

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