Satellite-based teaching begins at small Thai schools

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Satellite-based teaching begins at small schools
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BANGKOK, Nov 3 - The Education Ministry is launching satellite-based teaching to about 15,000 small schools as the second school term of the academic year opens today.

The 1.3 billion baht project is aimed at providing students with standard educational services.

Deputy Education Minister Surachet Chaiwong said the project will improve education using satellite-based teaching services for small schools where teaching quality has been limited.

The budget was spent installing satellite TV equipment at about 1,400 schools and improving existing equipment at other schools for the distance learning services.

The project connects 15,369 small schools nationwide to the service, providing more than 1 million students with quality education.

The project was developed in another project that His Majesty the King initiated in 1995. Under the former project, teaching at Wang Klai Kang Won School in Prachuap Khiri Khan's Hua Hin was broadcast to schools nationwide. Research found that the original project achieved obvious improvements in the learning of students.

Under the new project, students have larger televisions and school management can store teaching in memory boxes and play it back for students. (MCOT online news)


-- TNA 2014-11-03

[namdocmai]

Funny that they sit backwards to the tv-teacher...

[maidee]

can we follow this also at home ? so students don't even have to go to school .... or farangs can learn some thai ?

for every schoolyear, a different channel ? so they can use this stuff forever by re-broadcasting ?

[lostinisaan]

The project connects 15,369 small schools nationwide to the service, providing more than 1 million students with quality education.

And the World Class Standard Schools will be renamed to World Class (without cl) Standard Schools.

Gotta love this educational system and the guys who wear the clown shoes.

The project connects 15,369 sex tourists nationwide to the service, providing more than 1 million Isaan girls with quality tourists.-

Is it just me, or my bad eyeseight that not even the kids in the first row can see what's been written on the screen? And why is nobody pointing with fingers?

It could also be a campaign of Top Charoen Optical shops to get customers into their always empty shops.--

Edited November 3, 2014 by lostinisaan

[Pawpcorn]

I'd love to see the followup questions to these sessions...

Suspect it would be much like the blank stares I get, when asking my student (who was busy chatting the whole time) "What did I just say?"

Thai schools DO teach ONE thing really well, ... How to escape the usual boredom of "copy, repeat, no interaction" and other joys of Rote education...

[Pawpcorn]

Sitting 25 feet away from a19" TV??? <deleted>!

[ChrisY1]

Way to go...........!!........but....do the schools need power and internet?

[casualbiker]

Jesus ..have they never heard of Projectors? Who is doing the teaching?

That school mentioned in Prachuap is on the DLTV channels on True. Gmmz etc

Edited November 3, 2014 by casualbiker

[ALLSEEINGEYE]

Who is the teacher? Sponge Bob square pants?

Those poor kids will need to go get a massage every day after school from having to turn around like that for 5 or 6 hours a day.

[lostinisaan]

Jesus ..have they never heard of Projectors? Who is doing the teaching?

That school mentioned in Prachuap is on the DLTV channels on True. Gmmz etc

Just found out from a teacher at my school that those teachers doing this project would have to be at school at 7 am, as the program starts at 8 o' clock.

The Thais had a seminar about this high tech nonsense, but nobody can tell me how they're going to introduce it to the kids.

And a maximum of 15 students in a class might destroy all their dreams. All the tablets for grade one are still sitting in a storage room, unopened.

Yep, why not a projector and somebody who knows how to make Sliedshows and use educational programmes?

Please forgive them ,as they don't know what they do. Amen.-