Use education success stories to forge national standard

But one achievement that really stands out is that of Wat Ngiew Thao School in a remote corner of Chiang Mai (http://www.nationmultimedia.com/news/national/aec/30274845).
Teacher Thanikan Taay explains the school’s proven methodology for successfully tackling illiteracy, adding that the “magic answer” lies in the dedication and cooperation of the staff. Thanikan even offers students classes in her evening and weekend free time when her schedule permits.  
She points out that teachers covering all subjects find gaps in their knowledge, especially now that students have a world of information available to them online. So teachers are using that same resource and others to fill in the gaps. 
As a result, student grades have risen significantly and the school has soared in academic quality, according to the Office for National Education Standards and Quality Assessment (Onesqa).
Applying Onesqa’s advice on matters such as distance-learning by video has added to this success. Thanikan and her 11 fellow teachers are doing a very good job and it shows. Even the number of teachers requesting transfers from this remote school has declined dramatically.
This is another precious example of a method that works in Thai education. Why can’t we thoroughly analyse all such success stories, perhaps modifying them according to regional needs, and implement the result as a standard to benefit education across the whole country? 
Dirk Sumter