To try and help students from poor families get into university, Education Minister Chaturon Chaisaeng has repeated his call for universities to cut the number of recruitment rounds held through direct admissions.
The frequent examinations hosted by universities, often before the end of the Mathayom 6, to directly recruit students creates a financial burden for parents.
The fact that some questions fall outside the course material taught in class forces many students to attend tutorial schools.
The most recent case involved students who sat an exam to enrol at Srinakharinwirot University. They complained on social media that the exam paper did not cover the subjects they studied at school, and one multiple choice question did not provide a correct answer among the options.
Universities are allowed to directly recruit new students under the direct admission system. The Council of University Presidents of Thailand has requested 27 member universities to limit this enrolment method to no more than 50 percent of new students, reported the Bangkok Post.
