Education System

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National Policies in Education

 Constitution of the Kingdom of Thailand 2007

 National Education Act B.E. 2542 (1999) and Amendments

(Second National Education Act B.E. 2545 (2002)

 11th National Economic and Social Development Plan

(2012-2016)

 11th National Education Development Plan (2012-2016)

 Basic Education Core Curriculum 2008

 The Cabinet declaration 2005 and 2009

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 Thailand and Education for All

 National Education Act 1999

guarantees the right of all children, without is
crimination, to a quality education.
 2005 The Cabinet declaration reaffirmed the
right of all children to receive an education,
including non-Thai children living in Thailand.
 Constitution of the Kingdom of Thailand 2007
Sect. 49 requires that government provide a
minimum 12 years of basic education of quality,
free of charge
 2009 the extension of a mandatory free
education from 12 years to 15 years by the
Government
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The 2nd Decade of Education
Reform (2009-2018)

To keep up with the globalization, Thailand

realizes the need to reform education to
prepare our citizens to be the good, active,
competent, and responsible global citizens.
We are now at

Vision:
All Thai people are able to access
high-quality lifelong learning.
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Principles and Objectives
of Education
The 1992 (amended in 2002) National Scheme
of Education
 Educational provision shall be based on the
following principles:
 Lifelong education for all
 All segments of the society to participate in the
provision of education
 Continuous development of the leaning process

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A 15-year National Education Plan
(2002-2016)
 Focuses on the integration of all aspects of life
 Emphasizes human-centred development
and an integrated and holistic scheme of
education, religion, art and culture
 Stipulates 3 objectives
-all-round and balanced human
development
-building a society of morality, wisdom and
learning
-development of social environment
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Educational management
in Thailand
Under the mandate of
The Office of the Prime Minister
The Ministry of Education
The Ministry of Interior
Some public agencies under the six
other ministries

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 Ministry of Education

• Responsible for the management of

education at all level from pre-primary
to secondary, post-secondary and
tertiary level education
• Provide non-formal education and
supervises private schools at all
levels

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Educational Authority

 Ministry of Education

Office of the Education Council

Office of the Permanent Secretary

Office of the Basic Education Commission

Office of the Vocational Education Commission

Office of Higher Education Commission

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 Ministry of Education

Office of the Minister

Independent
Agencies
Office for Monitoring & Evaluation

Office of the Office of the Basic Office of Vocational

Permanent Education Commission Education Commission
Secretary (OBEC)

Office of the Office of the

Education Council Higher Education
Commission

225 Educational Service

Area Office (ESAO)

App. 31,255 schools

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 Educational Authority

 Agencies under the Ministry of Education

The Institute for the promotion of Teaching

Science and Technology

The Office for the National Education

Standards and Quality Assessment

The Office of the National Education Testing

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Education system
Lower Upper
Pre-Primary
Primary Education Secondary Secondary Higher Education
Education
Education Education
Lower than
Bachelor's
degree & Graduate Level
Bachelor degree
level

Vocational Edu.

Special vocational Edu.

Short-course training

Special Education
4 Key Stages 1 2 3 4
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• 1. Basic Education
• Pre-primary Education (3 years)
• Primary Education (6 years)
• Secondary Education (6 years)
• Lower Secondary Education (3 years)
• Upper Secondary Education (3 years)

• 2. Higher Education
• Lower than Bachelor’s Degree
• Bachelor’s Degree
• Graduate Level.
 The Educational Process
MOE provides the curriculum framework for
basic education with 3 components
• the curricular framework specifying its objectives,
standards and assessment and methods of teaching and
learning
• the framework for the national core curriculum to be
organized through four 3-year key stages
•the framework for local curriculum providing schools
with guidelines for adaptation of learning contents
appropriate to their localities
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 Benjalug Namfa Ph.D. OBEC MOE Thailand

Quality and Equity

of Basic Education
Building Capacity for Every Learner

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Skills Development in Basic Education

Basic Education Curriculum

2008

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Skills Development in Basic Education

National core curriculum Local / school needs

School curriculum

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Skills Development in Basic Education

Thai Language

Mathematics

Science

Areas Social studies, religion and culture

of Learning Health and physical education

Art

Career and technology

Foreign languages

Student Development activities

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Key Competencies

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Skills Development in Basic Education

 Desired characteristics
 1. Patriotism
 2. Honesty
 3. Self-discipline
 4. Active learning
 5. Sufficiency lifestyle
 6. Diligence
 7. Thainess
 8. Public mindedness

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OBEC in a Glance

Number of Schools 31,255

Number of Students 7,686,871
Number of Teachers 403,492
Number of administrators 17,872

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OBEC’s Missions

Equal Access to Education

for all children
- Ethnic (Thai and Non-Thai Children)
- Highland and Remote areas
- Disable Children etc.

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 Ethnic
Children have right to equal quality
education, regardless of their ethnic, country
of origin, birth to migrant, provided the
government.
 The schools located in
areas where there are high
concentrations of migrants
offer classes in both Thai
and the mother language
of those migrants.
 Equal Access
to
Education
for
Disabled
Children
OBEC provide education and services that
build productive, meaningful lives for children
with special needs children throughout the
country
 Education Development
for
Disadvantages Children Highland
and Remote Areas
 Promotion of access to and
completing compulsory
education for all children through
various process

1) Mobile classroom and teachers

delivery provided for communities
2) Flexible curriculum and
schedule in teaching and learning
3) Lodging School

Benjalug Namfa Ph.D. OBEC

MOE Thailand
OBEC’s Missions

Equal Access/Opportunity
to Education for all children

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OBEC’s Missions

Implementation of
the 15-Year Free Education
with Quality Policy
For all children

Thailand and Education for All

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 Benjalug Namfa Ph.D. OBEC
MOE Thailand

List of free items

 Tuition fees
 Textbooks
 Learning materials
 School uniforms
 Activities to promote
quality improvements
among students

15-Year Free Education with

Quality Policy
Learning Process
Thailand will be concentrating on
developing 3 kinds of qualifications to
help meet these needs
1. thinking ability to construct
knowledge
2. ability to communicate
3. social problem alleviation ability
To this end we have identified
“5 Learning Steps”
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Learning • focuses on developing

life-long learning, specially
to critical thinking skills
Question • teachers encourage
students to be more
observant and raise their
questioning skills
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collecting data from various
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• teachers enhance
analyzing skills and
integrating data for use in
daily life and at work
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Learning • focuses on students

deductive ability - ability to
to form theories and others
Construct methods of thought
construction.
• teachers play a role as
facilitators by developing
discussions through debate
and reaching logical
conclusions.
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• elevated standards of
presentation skills
- using technological aids to
enhance their communication
effectiveness.
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Learning • enhance students
To Serve skills as good citizens
and develop a sense
the Society of public service.
ultimate goal of education
which aims to
instill public awareness
 Investing in
Teacher Quality

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 Teacher
Development
Learning to teach
Changing Teacher Practice!
The most difficult…
but the most important
Learning to teach
Teacher ‘s learning
Experiences

In-service Programs

1st year Teaching

4 years in Teacher Ed  Learning process

 Teacher-Centered

12 years Schooling Passive Learning

Experience
Learning to teach
In their long apprenticeship
of observation as students,
teachers have acquired a
mass of information about
school teaching

Apprenticeship
of Observation
Learning to teach
The need to change
teacher’s Practice
from
Passive Learning Experience

Active Learning Experience

How?
Learning to teach

Sustainable Teacher
Development Program
 Teacher as a Learner Workshop

 One on One Supervision/ Coaching

 Teacher Collaboration