An online controversy erupted after Facebook user Chiratchai Pawiwaranon posted images appearing to show students leaving cash, watches, jewellery, stationery and cosmetics on the ground because such items were not allowed into the examination hall.
Triam Udom Suksa School was subsequently drawn into criticism over the appropriateness of the restrictions, which had in fact been announced in advance as part of anti-cheating measures.
The entrance examination for the 2026 academic year was held at IMPACT Muang Thong Thani in Nonthaburi on March 7. A total of 13,895 applicants sat the exam, the highest number recorded in the past 18 years, although the school is accepting only 1,520 students.
On Tuesday (March 10), Chiratchai issued a clarification and apology via the Facebook account “Domm Subb”. In the statement, he offered a deep apology to all parties concerned, including the examination organisers, the school director, teachers, administrators, as well as current students and alumni of Triam Udom Suksa School.
He explained that the images had been sent to him by the mother of a relative who had spent the day waiting for her child to sit the exam.
As a parent, he said, he became concerned that some students might have had to travel back to their accommodation on their own, with no parent there to collect them and possibly without mobile phones to contact their families, prompting him to share the images out of concern.
However, Chiratchai insisted that he had no...
An online controversy erupted after Facebook user Chiratchai Pawiwaranon posted images appearing to show students leaving cash, watches, jewellery, stationery and cosmetics on the ground because s...