Education Ministry to tap the expertise of 30,000 retired teachers and specialists
The Education Ministry will this year recruit about 30,000 retired teachers or retired specialists from various professions to work as volunteer teachers, providing skill training and special education, a government spokeswoman said on Thursday.
Deputy government spokeswoman Trisulee Trisaranakul said the Education Ministry will soon announce details of the project on its website.
The applications would be processed via an online system and the project would be open to retired teachers and retired specialists from around the country.
The project would be implemented in cooperation with the Labour Ministry, the Social Development and Human Security Ministry, and the Interior Ministry, Trisulee said.
The recruited retirees would be assigned as volunteer teachers to help schools, teachers, parents, communities and other sectors concerned.
Many would teach work skills to communities or labourers under projects of the Labour Ministry, she added.
Trisulee said the project of the Education Ministry is aimed at helping the elderly remain happy after their retirement while their potential could be used to develop the potential of people in other age groups.
The project is part of the government’s third phase of operation plan to deal with the ageing society. The third-phase operation plan is designed for implementation from this year until 2037.
The spokeswoman added that the implementation of the operation plan was crucial as Thailand had become an ageing society last year and the population of senior citizens is expected to rise to 28% of the total population in 11 years.
