(09/04/2013)
The Minister of Education, Mr. Phongthep Thepkanjana, delivered some educational policies at a seminar for 1,700 Thai private school administrators and teachers on 1 April 2013.According to the Minister, Thai students have to spend 1,200 hours studying per year. This amount exceeds the standard learning amount of 800 hours per year set by UNESCO. In addition, it is recognised that the more time Thai students spend on studying, the less they actually achieve.
The Ministry of Education therefore has to reform Thai curricula in terms of two major issues. The first one involves adjusting the period of learning and reducing the excess hours. The second one is to encourage students to think analytically and creatively and to know how to verify the information they obtained during their advanced education and in their future careers.
On this occasion, Mr. Phongthep asked private school administrators to work on enhancing the English skills of Thai students. Nowadays, everyone needs to know and to be able to communicate in the English language as well as a third language such as Korean, German, French or another ASEAN language such as Bahasa, Burmese or Vietnamese.
In addition to foreign languages and the ability to think analytically and creatively, ethics and morality guidance should be provided to Thai students. Thai schools are supposed to instill this knowledge in their students both inside and outside the classroom environment.
Finally, since school administrators and teachers are those who know more about their students than others, curriculum design should be launched by them. Many schools, such as Darun Sikkhalai and international schools in Thailand, provide their students with good teaching and learning. When the national education reform is completed in 2013, the Ministry will adjust and change teaching and learning methodology so that teachers will have to change their curriculum and testing methods and admission exams will have to focus more on evaluating students' ability of thinking creatively and analytically.
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