Plan To Hire 50,000 New Teachers Gets Nod

[george]

Plan to hire 50,000 new teachers gets nod

BANGKOK: -- Education Minister Chaturon Chaisang has approved a plan to recruit 50,000 new teachers in a bid to end a prolonged shortage.

Chaturon yesterday said the new teachers would be recruited over four years with the first to be employed under the 2006 fiscal budget. He made the decision after a discussion with Basic Education Commission secretary general Pornnipa Limpaphayom and executives of the Office of Basic Education Commission (OBEC).

According to OBEC, state schools still lack 49,801 teachers. The problem, which is particularly severe in small and medium-sized schools, has stemmed mainly from the fact that the schools cannot fill vacancies after teachers retire.

Each school is required to have at least six teachers. The recommended ratio of students per teacher is 20:1.

Pornnipa said OBEC plans to give priority to good teachers who are now working on contracts when it recruits new teachers. She said state schools would also hire 10,000 temporary teachers, pending the filling of all 50,000 vacancies.

The Office for National Education Standards and Quality Assessment has found that 44.06 per cent of OBEC-run schools received good scores in the teacher-quality area. So far, only 25.43 per cent have passed the criteria set by the Teachers Commission.

The office has conducted assessments at 7,530 OBEC-run schools.

--The Nation 2005-09-27

[kenkannif]

Now they've just got to get the money to pay them and also make it easier to be legal here.

[Thetyim]

Errr..... it says teachers not english teachers

[Spit the Dog]

If only 25% of current teachers can pass the criteria set by the Teachers Commission, then isn't the Education Minister being a bit optimistic if he thinks he can recruit another 50,000 quality teachers.

[richard10365]

Hire all the English speaking Bar girls. Most of them can speak better English than the Thai English teachers currently teaching English.

[PeaceBlondie]

The announcement says nothing about FOREIGN teachers, which is a big bag of worms. This is an announcement-de-jour, a political statement that means nothing until AFTER 10,000 new teachers are working in schools.

[kenkannif]

Well it doesn't say it's for either does it really

Duh! Read the posts Ken, read the posts!

[Plus]

Don't worry, Ken, you were right - if they only had the money. Where are they going to find 50,000 college graduates willing to work for 6k a month out there in the boonies?

They might announce a plan to hire more doctors - same reason - no one wants to work on government hospitals/schools conditions.

[samran]

yeah,

Plan to pay 50,000 teachers still has not yet been approved.