'NIETS must involve students in drafting U-Net'
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THE NATIONAL Institute of Educational Testing Service is being urged to involve students in the drafting of the proposed University National Education Test in a bid to give Thailand's higher-educational assessment a clearer direction.
Tadchon Klinchamni, a student body representative at Kasetsart University’s Bang Khen campus, said that the NIETS should put clearer guidelines in place for U-Net before determining whether it should be made mandatory.
He insisted that the U-Net was unnecessary.
“If NIETS decides anyway to take a serious step over the test issue, students then should be allowed take part in working out its procedures, as well as its regulations,” he said, adding that the student body was closely monitoring the situation.
“If it turns out the U-Net will be imposed, we will make a move against it,” he said.
Tadchon said the U-Net should be voluntary and should focus on Thai and English communication skills for undergraduate students.
He said that instead of boosting students’ academic performance, the test would be a burden. Only tutorial schools would benefit, as many students would want to be tutored before taking it. In April, the student bodies of 27 state universities began declaring opposition to the exam, while lecturers have also questioned its necessity.
