when thailand tried to reform the education system a few years ago the MOE's brainchild was to have activity time in the afternoon. however, the school's solutions were to have teachers come up with "fun" activities. great idea as in itself, but the schools never allocated a budget for the teachers to put together said activities and what happened was nothing. there is no way to get any results other than to thank the old guard for their service and hire people who know what they are doing. unfortunately, that would mean putting foreigners in positions reserved for thais. as long as teaching is seen as a career not worth rewarding the results will never change. PTT pays top dollar for engineers in the petroleum industry but society forgets who actually prepares these future engineers' education. isnt it funny how teachers are always at the bottom of the barrel salary wise?
international schools pay the best salaries at around 120 000bht a month for teachers hired at job fairs abroad and around 60-80 k for the same qualified locally hired foreigners in the good international schools. 120k is what I would be earning back home as a starting salary in a government school back home with benefits and a pension fund. food for thought...