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Universities Have a Key Role in Global Access to Medicines
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Panjabi, Rajesh; Rajkumar, Rahul; Kim, Jim Yong – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2008
Around the world, the fight for affordable medical treatment is intensifying. Headline-grabbing battles are being waged in India, where the Chennai High Court recently decided a major constitutional case over access to lifesaving cancer medication. In Thailand, Abbott Laboratories, a multinational pharmaceutical giant, has withdrawn registration…
Descriptors: Medical Services, Research and Development, Laboratories, Student Organizations
Whole-School Learning Reform: Effective Strategies from Thai Schools
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Khemmani, Tisana – Theory Into Practice, 2006
This article provides 4 selected strategies that were drawn from 135 schools that engaged in a research and development project to reform their teaching/learning from teacher-centered to learner-centered through a whole-school approach. The 4 strategies are provision for continuous internal supervision, exchanges of ideas and experiences,…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Foreign Countries, School Supervision, Community Involvement
Policy Towards Social Sciences in Asia and Oceania. Report on the Meeting of Experts. Manila, Philippines, 3-7 April 1978.
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Bangkok (Thailand). Regional Office for Education in Asia and Oceania. – 1978
The document reports on a meeting of Asian social science policy experts sponsored by UNESCO. The objectives of the meeting were to review the basic elements of the social science policies of countries in Asia and Oceania, to examine the feasibility of establishing a Regional Centre for Social Science Research, and to make recommendations for…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Educational Policy, Meetings, Policy Formation
Gifted Students Will Be Thailand's 21st-Century Scientists.
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Bowen, Daniel E. – Journal of College Science Teaching, 1989
Describes the Development and Promotion of Science and Technology Talents Project, Thailand's solution for meeting its country's need for scientists and technologists. Provides information on the six participating universities. Notes that the program includes secondary and higher education. (MVL)
Descriptors: College Science, Federal Programs, Foreign Countries, Gifted
A Study on Some Critical Aspects of Secondary Education in the Countries of Asia and the Pacific. Research Proposal. Report of a Regional Workshop (1st, Tokyo, Japan, June 17-July 10, 1986).
National Inst. for Educational Research, Tokyo (Japan). – 1986
A regional workshop on "The Study of Secondary Education in Asia and the Pacific" was attended by 18 participants from Australia, Bangladesh, China, India, Japan, Malaysia, Nepal, New Zealand, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, the Republic of Korea, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Western Samoa. The major objective of the…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Developing Nations, Educational Policy, Educational Research