New curriculum to be tested at 27 demo schools
The Education Ministry is preparing to introduce a new curriculum at 27 demonstration schools in the 2014 academic year that would see major changes in the current curriculum.
“We should be able to launch it at other schools in the 2015 academic year,” ministry permanent secretary Panita Kambhu na Ayutthaya said yesterday, adding that a panel was developing the new curriculum.
According to Panita, six main areas of learning would be categorised under the new curriculum, including Lang-uages and Cultures; Science, Math and Information Technology; Communi-cations, Life, and Career World; Com-munication Skills; Society and Hum-anity; and Asean Community, the Region, and the World.
Panita was speaking before a House ad-hoc committee.
However, Education Deans Council member Prapansiri Susoarat warned that new curriculum could lead to many problems. “Presently, teacher-training institutes have trained teachers based on the current curriculum,” she pointed out. She added that the new curriculum could lead to fewer requests for teaching licences.
