PM Prayut removes educational standards assessment chief

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PM removes educational standards assessment chief



BANGKOK: -- Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha has removed the director of the Office for National Education Standards and Quality Assessment (NESQA) from office as part of the government's reform of the country's educational standards.

The removal of the NESQA director Mr Charnarong Pornrungroj was ordered under Section 44 of the interim constitution which allows sweeping power for the prime minister to do so for immediate action.

The removal was announced in the Royal Gazette which was released last night.

Under the announcement, Mr Charnarong is replaced by his deputy Mr Komsorn Wongraksa as acting director pending further notice.

Reason for the removal was cited as to improve the country’s educational standards assessment in compliance with the national education legislation, and contribute to the government’s educational reform effort.

Commenting on the removal order, Prof Sompong Jitradab of Chulalongkorn University’s Faculty of Education said the removal was anticipated as educational assessment was known by all to have problems, resulting in pulling the teacher’s attention away from the class, and increasing burden for teachers as earlier studied by the National Reform Council.

Besides it also led to postponement of the country’s fourth-round of external quality assessment for another two years from its earlier schedule for this year.

Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/content/163580


-- Thai PBS 2016-05-17

[clockman]

More dead wood?

[mtls2005]

Besides it also led to postponement of the country’s fourth-round of external quality assessment for another two years from its earlier schedule for this year.

Well that's convenient.

No bad news on the 'Education front' for at least two years.

Sacking the assessment chief, who I assume is responsible for assessing teachers, and possibly students', performances would seem to be a vital part in reforming education?

No if he could just sack those pesky Thailand Human Rights Watch and the Office of National Human Rights Commission of Thailand, everything would be much improved.

Time to create a full-fledged "Shoot the Messenger" Ministry.

[razer]

Education reform in Thailand started in 1999. Well ... you know the progress.

I think a lot of heads will have to roll. The system rotted from the inside with a lot of help from the democratically elected governments.

[bheard]

Too bad we're left in the dark as to his new 'inactive post' deployment . . .

Cannot be that he was just plain sacked.

[cumgranosalum]

To reform education you need people who know about education.... not people who THINK they know about education........

[Bob12345]

Education reform in Thailand started in 1999. Well ... you know the progress.

I think a lot of heads will have to roll. The system rotted from the inside with a lot of help from the democratically elected governments.

What a sad attempt to blame it on "democracy".

It rotted from the inside with a lot of help from the democratically elected governments in exactly the same way as it rotted from the inside with a lot of help of the military (and their proxy) governments.

[Bob12345]

Thailand has a load of honest and well-educated education experts, unfortunately the only way to change things is to first get to the top of this rotten pile and to do that your will have to leave your good intentions and honesty behind at every step you buy yourself into a higher position.

[cumgranosalum]

Thailand has a load of honest and well-educated education experts, unfortunately the only way to change things is to first get to the top of this rotten pile and to do that your will have to leave your good intentions and honesty behind at every step you buy yourself into a higher position.

Thailand has a load of competent experts in many fields - e.g. conservation - the problem is that thanks to corruption nepotism and graft, very few of these people ever make it to the top, which seems to be reserved for people who simply aren't up to the job and pretend they know what they are doing by releasing ridiculous inoperable dictums that no-one can take seriously.

[cumgranosalum]

Thailand has a load of honest and well-educated education experts, unfortunately the only way to change things is to first get to the top of this rotten pile and to do that your will have to leave your good intentions and honesty behind at every step you buy yourself into a higher position.

Thailand has a load of competent experts in many fields - e.g. conservation - the problem is that thanks to corruption nepotism and graft, very few of these people ever make it to the top, which seems to be reserved for people who simply aren't up to the job and pretend they know what they are doing by releasing ridiculous inoperable dictums that no-one can take seriously.

[bangon04]

"PM removes educational standards"

Yes that will make life easier for the leaders of Thai society. One fewer problem to deal with.

[Artisi]

"PM removes educational standards"

Yes that will make life easier for the leaders of Thai society. One fewer problem to deal with.

Your problem being misquoting a very straight forward and clear statement.

[Duncan Donut]

Even if it's only temporary, he should know better than to appoint the deputy…the deputy usually comes highly recommended by himself and the outgoing director, the first because he thinks he will be able to do the job, and the second because he knows he will not.

[Winniedapu]

Thailand has a load of honest and well-educated education experts, unfortunately the only way to change things is to first get to the top of this rotten pile and to do that your will have to leave your good intentions and honesty behind at every step you buy yourself into a higher position.

Thailand has a load of competent experts in many fields - e.g. conservation - the problem is that thanks to corruption nepotism and graft, very few of these people ever make it to the top, which seems to be reserved for people who simply aren't up to the job and pretend they know what they are doing by releasing ridiculous inoperable dictums that no-one can take seriously.

I don't agree. It is what it is, not what we say it is to pretend it's something else.

Winnie

[Dexlowe]

Education reform in Thailand started in 1999. Well ... you know the progress.

I think a lot of heads will have to roll. The system rotted from the inside with a lot of help from the democratically elected governments.

It started at least a decade earlier than that, I believe. I clearly recall articles in the local newspapers in 1990 reporting on education reform being of the highest, most urgent priority for the country (my daughter was about to go into the education at that time, so it was significant for me). What I have witnessed in the succeeding 25 years of urgent, critical, high priority reform in the education system has been nothing short of criminal. There has been a succession of education ministers (Thaksin alone had 5, including himself, in his first 3 years in office), not one of whom has done a single thing, apart from tinkering around the edges. If Prayut's latest move changes all this, then I heartily applaud. Education ranks up there with the police as Thailand's worst shame.

[cumgranosalum]

Most people you meet will give the nod to Thailand;''s need for educational reform......but when it comes to actually putting stuff into practice, the "old Thai Way" of doing things takes over.... corruption and nepotism and then rejection of various basic principles by incompetents who just seem to think they can discard whatever on the grounds of "We don't need that in Thailand - it's not the Thai way" - this nonsense set of principles pervades ALL parts of Thailand's life - government and private sectors

[cumgranosalum]

Thailand has a load of honest and well-educated education experts, unfortunately the only way to change things is to first get to the top of this rotten pile and to do that your will have to leave your good intentions and honesty behind at every step you buy yourself into a higher position.

Thailand has a load of competent experts in many fields - e.g. conservation - the problem is that thanks to corruption nepotism and graft, very few of these people ever make it to the top, which seems to be reserved for people who simply aren't up to the job and pretend they know what they are doing by releasing ridiculous inoperable dictums that no-one can take seriously.

I don't agree. It is what it is, not what we say it is to pretend it's something else.

Winnie

Well, we've heard your gainsaying, so now how about some reasoning as to why you think that? - (a bit of critical thinking, no less?)

Edited May 19, 2016 by cumgranosalum

[Winniedapu]

Thailand has a load of honest and well-educated education experts, unfortunately the only way to change things is to first get to the top of this rotten pile and to do that your will have to leave your good intentions and honesty behind at every step you buy yourself into a higher position.

Thailand has a load of competent experts in many fields - e.g. conservation - the problem is that thanks to corruption nepotism and graft, very few of these people ever make it to the top, which seems to be reserved for people who simply aren't up to the job and pretend they know what they are doing by releasing ridiculous inoperable dictums that no-one can take seriously.

I don't agree. It is what it is, not what we say it is to pretend it's something else.

Winnie

Well, we've heard your gainsaying, so now how about some reasoning as to why you think that? - (a bit of critical thinking, no less?)

No, I don't think so, the first sentence contains a statement which I believe to be false. It's not my job or my interest to persuade you to my view, in this case, it was sufficient to say I don't agree with you.

Winnie

[phoenixdoglover]

They could eliminate the entire assessment function for ten years, and it wouldn't make a lick of difference, except to liberate some funds.

The reform must come from a reorganization, because the centralized administration is not working well.

Decentralize.