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Published on October 17, 2007

On Friday, meanwhile, a parent network will ask the National Counter Corruption Commission (NCCC) to monitor the work of rectors and judges who recently dismissed three complaints about university admissions.

The students claim that the University Presidents Council of Thailand (UPCT) has violated their rights by applying accumulated grade-point averages (GPAX) and grade-point averages (GPA) to 30 per cent of admission scores.

Amnuay Soonthornchote, chairman of the Value for Building Thailand Club, said the scoring system was unfair to students from high-standard schools and those with low grades.

"The UPCT has also violated their rights by allowing students to take the Ordinary National Educational Test only once after their school graduation," he said.

He said the requirement went against the 2007 Constitution.

More than 50 students affected by the admissions system from Chachoengsao, Chiang Mai, Songkla and Khon Kaen will file for the revocation.

At the same time, Lt-Colonel Dr Kamolpan Cheewapansri, president of the ParentYouth Network for Educational Reform, said she would ask the NCCC to examine the judges and rectors who dismissed three admission cases filed by the network.

Meanwhile, Dr Sumate Yamnoon, secretary-general of the Commission on Higher Education, said every member of the commission agreed to use GPAX and GPA in the admissions system and insisted they were the best way to select students.

He said he would explain this to Amnuay.

 Wannapa Phetdee

 The Nation