Let locals lead way in deep South
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Let's support indigenous grass-roots efforts to allow stalwart locals in the too often forgotten or ignored deep South to lead the way, deciding what works best for them.
Top-down, Bangkok-centric, regressive Education Ministry leadership has failed to recognise and support the progressive, highly successful trilingual project “A-OK All Our Kids, Can Do, Will Do”, which was innovatively created, refined and field-tested more than two years ago by a dream team of resident teachers, community school principals and supervisors under the astute leadership of Somkiat Chobphol, then deputy secretary-general of the Basic Education Commission.Why not?
All the jigsaw pieces are in place for cooperative decision-making, community involvement, decentralised control and regional autonomy to be actualised. It is hoped that flexible curriculum reform can replace standardised lockstep mindsets and continuity can be finally provided through increased decentralised autonomy under the authority of more progressive, knowing area education office professionals.
Charles Frederickson
Bangkok
