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[webfact]

OBEC: Survey shows lower illiteracy among children



BANGKOK, 24 August 2015 (NNT) – A survey has shown a decrease in number of illiteracy among children, signifying the effectiveness of the nation's illiteracy reduction measures, the OBEC Secretary-General says.

The Office of the Basic Education Commission (OBEC) Secretary-General Kamol Rodklai has revealed the progress of the Thai language teaching development, in keep with the Ministry of Education’s 2015 illiteracy-less policy, that the OBEC has put into practice new teaching methods at about 30,000 schools nationwide. He also revealed that 2,020 OBEC regulated schools have been selected as samples in the literacy survey among primary school students.

The latest survey in July shows 5.6 percent of Prathom 1 students are unable to read, while 5 percent are unable to write. These figures are continuing to decline since the first survey, conducted in June, shows the number of students who cannot read was at 11.5 percent, and while students who cannot write are recorded at 8.7 percent.

The OBEC Secretary-General has said that this survey demonstrates the success of the OBEC’s teaching methods, which include extra tutoring for students who require individual attention on reading and writing.


-- NNT 2015-08-24

[zaphod reborn]

A survey has shown a decrease in number of illiteracy among children

Good, maybe they can work on NNT's English grammar now. Edited August 24, 2015 by zaphod reborn

[diehard60]

All because of the education system and many of the teachers. They need to get people that are willing to actually teach the kids and not worry about themselves too much.

[thesetat2013]

A survey has shown a decrease in number of illiteracy among children

Good, maybe they can work on NNT's English grammar now.

What you failed to grasp was that they are using the same schools to do their surveys. So being that no school director wants to lose face ( or their job) it makes sense that these improved figured are completely inaccurate.

[casualbiker]

They've managed a 5% lowering between June and July.

[KIWIBATCH]

They've managed a 5% lowering between June and July.

Yes so they say...but of course the school directors have "jacked" the figures to make them look good...I mean...no school director wants to be seen in a bad light by the bigwigs from OBEC do they....this is "Lie-land" after all....

[Bluespunk]

"in keep with the Ministry of Educations 2015 illiteracy-less policy"

So that would be literacy policy.

Edited August 24, 2015 by Bluespunk

[Bluespunk]

"which include extra tutoring for students who require individual attention on reading and writing."

As part of the normal curriculum at no extra cost one hopes.

[Thai at Heart]

Already? Wow.

[Eddy B]

If the kids were taught correctly in the first place there would be no need for these new initiatives every few months/years. It all boils down to slack teacher's/school ethics. Why should a kid have to stay in school after class for extra teaching if the teacher could do it properly during school hours?? Simple answer is money!!

[casualbiker]

EddyB. Yes and No. With large classes unfortunately some kids do get left behind. It's not really the teachers fault that they have to teach 50 kids at a time. Try it some time and come back and tell us the results!

Obviously SOME teachers who do tutoring after school may drag out their classes a bit but I don't think it's the norm. The classes need to become smaller. Simple really.