THURSDAY, March 28, 2024
nationthailand

The education system is bad news for everyone

The education system is bad news for everyone

The National Council for Peace and Order and the Prayut Chan-o-cha government should pay special attention to the voices of teachers and school administrators in the rural areas - in order to solve the education problem at its very core.

Despite being one of the country’s biggest agencies in terms of budget and manpower, we are still seeing rural schools under the supervision of the Ministry of Education utterly lacking in teachers and necessary amenities.
There are some elementary schools in the provinces that have only two or three teachers teaching students in all six classes (Grades 1-6). Each teacher has to teach every subject without prior training. And each of them is overloaded by paperwork, research, seminars and other activities.
Hence, our country’s education system looks like something that hasn’t been working for decades.
If we don’t start reforming our country’s education system now, then when?
Vint Chavala
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