Thaksin did nothing to boost education system

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2016
Thaksin did nothing to boost education system

Re: Poor education ranking down to uncaring adults, Editorial, December 9, 2016.

Thaksin Shinawatra showed himself to be an opportunistic liar when he criticised the Prayut Chan-o-cha government for failing to reform the country’s education system.
During the time when he was prime minister, Thaksin was more lackadaisical and even more pathetic in his role to improve Thailand’s education.
One can only point out two reasons for Thaksin’s failure in this area: he did not care for the poor of Thailand to be any smarter (being poorly educated, they were easy for him to mislead); and the lack of the ability, realisation and motivation on Thaksin’s part.
The Prayut government should realise that to improve the education of Thai children, we need to achieve a better quality in our teachers first.
Only better quality teachers will our students to be better educated.
Vint Chavala