EDITORIAL Lessons from a testing debacle
The twofold failure of the NIETS to deliver accurate exam results must not compromise the level playing field
THAI TALK Sorry, but none of Thaksin's nominees pass the test
If the next prime minister is one of Thaksin Shinawatra's nominees, even the least detestable of them, such as Somkid Jatusripitak - deputy premier, commerce minister and the "heir apparent" who is not too apparent at all - aren't anywhere near really being qualified. Unless, that is, we have come to the inevitable, but fatalistic, conclusion that after Thaksin any mediocre politician would be able to do the job just as well.
