Bt8 bn sought to produce teachers over 15 years
CHULEEPORN ARAMNET
THE NATION

BANGKOK: -- THE OFFICE of the Higher Education Commission (Ohec) has been pushing for a plan to provide 58,000 grants over a 15-year period to produce more teachers.

Proposed for implementation between this year and 2029, the plan will require a budget of Bt8.1 billion.

"There will be two types of grants," said Ohec's secretary-general, Associate Professor Dr Piniti Ratananukul.

He said the first type offered grants during studies and jobs after graduation. The second provides jobs to those who have graduated from teacher |education programmes.

"For the first type, those who get grants will get a job at the Office of the Basic Education Commission or the Office of the Vocational Education Commission in the areas near their registered home address at the time they were secondary students," he said.

Piniti said that for the other type, people given grants would be sent to work in areas where schools are short of teachers. He said the plan would offer 3,000 grants in each of the first three years, 4,000 in the fourth year, 5,000 in the fourth fifth year, and 8,000 grants in the sixth to 10th years.

"Throughout the period, the first type of grants will cover just 5,800 students," Piniti said.

He said the move was in line with the goal of limiting the number of graduates from teacher-education programmes to no more than 25,000 a year. "We need to focus on quality, not quantity," he said.

In recent years, the number of fresh graduates from teacher-producing institutes ranged between 50,000 and 60,000 annually, raising concerns about quality and oversupply.

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/national/Bt8-bn-sought-to-produce-teachers-over-15-years-30269594.html

-- The Nation 2015-09-26

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Putting the horse before the cart.

It is imperative that corruption at tertiary institutes is eradicated first. What's the point of having "qualified" teachers who are not actually qualified but gained their "piece of paper" through cheating, plagiarism, and bribery?

Come back in 50 years time!

Putting the horse before the cart.

It is imperative that corruption at tertiary institutes is eradicated first. What's the point of having "qualified" teachers who are not actually qualified but gained their "piece of paper" through cheating, plagiarism, and bribery?

There was an article in the Post several months ago about bribery in schools for good grades. One foreign teacher was offered a car for an A. Luckily, he turned it down.

In recent years, the number of fresh graduates from teacher-producing institutes ranged between 50,000 and 60,000 annually, raising concerns about quality and oversupply.

They have way too many candidates. At the Provincial testing sites they have 500+ taking the test, all for fewer than 10 open positions.

This headline was written by someone who is not a real editor. They are posing as an editor.

WoW.... what age do teachers have to be..!

Teachers here have to "buy" their jobs. How much is the new one?

maybe they should simply makew sure all teachers are fully qualified to teach and make them sit exams etc before they are allowed to teach, putting webcams in the class rooms to ensure that they do actually teach what they are supposed to would also stop a lot of the corrupt practices

Teaching is not good here,the children are unruly and teachers not well paid-they will be lucky to hit this target with half decent teachers!

Come back in 50 years time!

To see an unchanged situation !

The added nutrients would first be grabbed by cancerous cells...

"Bt8 bn sought to produce teachers over 15 years"

Yes - as soon as they finish M3, give them a different uniform with a medal and send them straight back to teach P3 whatever they can still remember from their classes......

Surely it wouldn't cost that much though - they are saving all the money they would waste on higher education. An M3 student has learnt thoroughly the art of saluting the flag and singing the anthem, plus a few skills in needlework and basketmaking, so they are fully qualified.

Teachers here have to "buy" their jobs. How much is the new one?

Totally agree - Colleges are taking the money to churn out an over-supply of mediocre 'qualified' teachers, then to sort them out, instead of an interview they have to offer a bribe to get a job. My step-daughter is looking at jobs in DIY stores because I can't afford to send her younger sister through college AND pay a bribe for the older girl to get a teaching job.