Final day of Parliament session focuses on education

12 minutes ago, herfiehandbag said:

I am a teacher.

 

The education system in Thailand is beset by many weaknesses, chief amongst which is overcentralised control of teachers, the curriculum and working hours by a beaurocracy who themselves have often no experience of teaching. Teachers are severely constrained in what they can teach, and how they can teach it. That is where the fundemental problem lies, coupled with a weakness in initial and in service training.

 

With those problems there is little point in inventing new ones, or even inflating a (possibly false) confusion from outside casual observation to the status of a major problem.

 

Yes education system in thailand has many issues, but point was you was wrong to saying teachers are in school! Many are not! In government system many teachers main target is to be government officer then you have life time job! Whit really little real responsibility what so ever (if dont care)! School director should monitor what happen inside school but most of them hardly in school ! They go all kind of cat christening and only watch stamps when teachers have move in and out! Where they watch also how much they rise their salary 2 times / year anything  about 1,5 to 4 %! Where  in other job your salary increase 3 to 8 % EVERY YEAR .Supervisor's teach teacher's, always when come new curriculum or some kind chance in teaching method, but most of them don't have any training/ education in that job! Its enough if you are level 2 (amazing) and have master degree. All are "old" teacher's. Many teacher or people in goverment work (school system) focus in own belly and try get higher level to get more salary! if level 3 for example salary is 40000-45000 bth/ month , whit same education (dont need PHD) level 4 salary is about 56000 bth/month ! What people want from job more money or use they time in class room. Ok there is many great teacher also but many are bad.