Thailand’s Basic Education Commission admits online learning had never worked well, says new school year will begin normally in May

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By Nop Meechukhun

 

Bangkok –  The Office of the Basic Education Commission (OBEC) insisted on school’s first semester nationwide starting on May 15th, 2022, as online courses had gradually affected children’s reading and writing abilities.

 

OBEC was responding, notes TPN, to rumors of yet another year of possible disrupted classes and schooling, stating that they believed children must be in school in-person, especially younger children, for proper learning. However, TPN also notes that individual provincial governors and local leaders could still “strengthen” rules, which has been a problem recently with some areas having school normally in Thailand but others disrupted due to provincial leaders having stricter regulations.

 

OBEC secretary-general Amporn Pinasa said the office had continued to manage the education system under the Covid-19 situation in the 2022 academic year. 

 

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[ikke1959]

Surprise... kids don't read and write very good already before the Covid, and now with 1 year no lessons it wold not improve.. The education ministry should ban 50 kids classes as some schoola have mixed classes. How can you prperly teach kids if you don't have a minute a kid in a lesson?

 

[Will B Good]

7 minutes ago, ikke1959 said:

50 kids classes

Seriously?........OMG

[nikmar]

7 minutes ago, Will B Good said:

Seriously?........OMG

i was asked to teach a class with 70   14 / 15 yr old kids once. they were sat on each others knees.

[hotchilli]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

The Office of the Basic Education Commission (OBEC) insisted on school’s first semester nationwide starting on May 15th, 2022, as online courses had gradually affected children’s reading and writing abilities.

Looking at the neighbours 9 year old daughter and three of her friends who come to play together daily I don't think they've had a single online lesson from the start of school closures.

As for reading and writing it's zero understanding, most mornings when they arrive they greet me with good afternoon or evening.?

[Misterwhisper]

3 hours ago, ikke1959 said:

Surprise... kids don't read and write very good already before the Covid, and now with 1 year no lessons it wold not improve.. The education ministry should ban 50 kids classes as some schoola have mixed classes. How can you prperly teach kids if you don't have a minute a kid in a lesson?

 

In other words, "on-site" education never worked very well either. Not that the Education Commission would admit to this...

[Nicholas Paul KNIGHT]

In ruth School based learning not a lot better. 

[Doctor Tom]

Well its difficult for it to work when very many students do not have a pad or a  computer,  or indeed a viable cheap/free to students internet, or literate parents who could help them navigate the online lessons. It was always going to fail. 

Edited March 16, 2022 by Doctor Tom

[Gandtee]

1 hour ago, Misterwhisper said:

In other words, "on-site" education never worked very well either. Not that the Education Commission would admit to this...

My 13 year old nephew is attending a pre school English program. No uniforms yet. He arrived home today and said his teacher said his hair is too long and his shorts are too short? This is one of the reasons Thai education is so badly lacking. Some teachers are still ensconced in the dark ages. It would be bad enough if he was wearing a uniform, but an informal dress course after months of online schooling? Why would students want to go back to school to be subjected to being ridiculed by these dinosaurs? What is more infuriating is my wife's acceptance of it, with the remark "This is Thailand." Yes. We know. And all the time it's citizens behave like sheep nothing will change.????

[herfiehandbag]

4 hours ago, nikmar said:

i was asked to teach a class with 70   14 / 15 yr old kids once. they were sat on each others knees.

Biggest class I taught regularly was 42 P6. It was hard work.

 

I did once look after two classes of P1 (60+) for an afternoon. I had half a dozen of the senior girls from M6 to help. We went to the school hall, and learnt to sing "Nellie The Elephant" with actions - both the Mandie Miller version and the punk Toy Dolls version. From my computer through the bluetooth speakers. Pictures and key words on a big mobile whiteboard. The noise was amazing, everyone was coming out to see what was going on. I even got the copper who saw the children across the road up on stage to join in for the last 15 minutes!

It was fantastic, and the children ( and the constabulary) learnt some new vocab. I was knackered at the end!

 

Happy days! Retired last week - miss it!

Edited March 16, 2022 by herfiehandbag

[Andycoops]

In this country in-class learning doesn't work very well either.