Despite a court ruling that downrode frequently criticized styling regulations, the incident occurred.
PUBLISHED: 13 May 2025 at 18: 22
A group of women in Rayong have been given makeovers by scissors-wielding instructors who didn’t like their hairstyles, and college has already started on a bad word.
Even though a 50-year-old rule on undergraduate hairstyles has been revoked, the advocate group Bad Student said on its website pages on Tuesday that the event has left students wondering whether something will alter in Thai schools.
Following a lengthy debate, the Supreme Administrative Court on March 5 decided to revoke the 1975 legislation that was issued by the Ministry of Education. The court claimed it was out of touch with a changing world and violated personal freedoms that are protected by the constitution.
The decision also gives discretion to individual schools regarding wigs. However, instructors can no longer invoke severe penalties for shame, such as cutting off locks in public, in the name of control, or violate individuals ‘ right in the name of control.
On May 9 for the first day of an orientation at a university in the Klaeng city of Rayong, about 15 women were given poor hairstyles. Before the legislation was removed, teachers reportedly argued that extending hair way down a woman’s rear was against the rules of some schools.
According to a blog on the page, some of the lads were also instructed to come fix their hair on their own.
One woman told them, according to the activist class, that it was difficult to fix the style because it had been cut off in such a haphazard manner.
The school’s administration also removed students ‘ comments complaining about the behavior on its Facebook page, the plaintiff continued.
According to Bad Student, the affair has left kids wondering whether they actually have the right to express themselves.
The controversy may have shifted from the policy amount to the practical stage, where conservative school culture continues to violate students ‘ rights, despite the removal of the scalp rules.
The party wrote,” The fight for freedom in school is not yet over.”
The Bad Student group’s comments received a lot of users who took sides with the kids.