The Office of the Higher Education Commission (OHEC) has extended the deadline for university applications until tomorrow.

OHEC secretary-general Pavich Thongroj said around 85,000 students had applied for university places so far.

"We are concerned that many students may miss their chance of getting into university just because they are unable to submit applications before the Tuesday deadline so we agreed upon an extension," he said.

Pavich said a large number of students submitted their applications yesterday leaving about 6,000 students waiting to apply.

The National Institute of Education Testing Services (NIETS) will receive complaints about O-Net and A-Net scores from students until 6pm tomorrow. NIETS acting director Prateep Chankong said it would have to prepare all of the scores and forward them to OHEC by Thursday. OHEC will have to process the information to compile the list of students for faculties at a number of universities through the OHEC-organised direct-admission system.

The announcement of ap-

plicants eligible for interviews

is scheduled for May 14. Later this month, OHEC will also announce the list of successful applicants to many other faculties through the central-admission system.

The O-Net and A-Net (Ordinary and Advanced National Educational Tests) scores are being used as the main university admission criteria this year.

However, all three rounds of score announcements have been marred by errors.

Various officials have said the problems found in the third round were within manageable proportions. Following the third announcement, about 8,900 students lodged complaints about their scores.

"We have solved the problems for most of them already," Education Minister Chaturon Chaisang said yesterday.

Parent-Youth Network for Educational Reform president Dr Kamolpan Cheewapansri said the group would hold a meeting tomorrow on the O-Net and A-Net university admission system and tuition fees.

"The information from the meeting will be forwarded to the Office of the Ombudsman to rule on whether these issues are in line with the law," she said. Kamolpan said the meeting would be held at Thammasat University's Tha Prachan Campus.