BMA to emphasize ethics in schools



BANGKOK, 26 May 2016 (NNT) - The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is aiming to strengthen ethics among teachers and students in BMA schools.

Permanent Secretary of the BMA Pirapong Saicheua chaired the opening of a new project to promote ethical schools, with administrators and teachers attending the ceremony.

According to Mr Pirapong, the BMA has recognized the importance of moral development and ethics among teachers, educational staff and students in the process of enhancing the quality of schools through moral education. The program will cover 438 schools in the 50 districts of the Bangkok Metropolitan Area.

Activities in the project will include information sessions for school administrators and training seminars for instructors on ethics.


-- NNT 2016-05-26

But where will they get the people from to teach then "ethics"?

Or perhaps they are only going to do the "before" session.

Same old Thai thing, same old. Thais are always planning to emphasize.

Please start with the school administrators.

If they actually understand the word it can be taught and, like everything else, can be thought of as applicable to everyone other than themselves.

This may be a poor example but never the less appropriate, look at the traffic laws.

Reminds me, what happened to the plagiarizing professor that got the farang he copied from arrested and imprisoned? Talk about ethics....

Sounds like the course material will include one of those "shortest books ever written"?

If the head is rotten, the whole fish will be rotten.

Same old Thai thing, same old. Thais are always planning to emphasize.

YEP!!! the hub of "to" e.g. to emphasize, to initiate, to crackdown to to to to to... but little or no GO/DO.

Welcome to the land of To.

I wonder if Mr Pirapong has always practiced good ethics in working his way up through the labyrinth of bureaucracy to get to his permanent secretary of the BMA position....

I am sure this is the kind of thing they have in mind when they use the word ethics;

The BMA and education departments reputation together with that of the Thai teaching fraternity in this area of ethics is beyond reproach

I can see that this initiative (like many others before it) is going to be a resounding success (refer http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/866711-new-school-hours-in-thailand-to-be-effective-on-nov-2/).

But where will they get the people from to teach then "ethics"?

Or perhaps they are only going to do the "before" session.

Ethics in Thailand....Hmmm lets list them.

Wai at all times,

Smile at all times

Do not question any Teacher

Do not point out any fault of a teacher in public

Do not voice an personal opinions other than that is accepted in Thailand by the "Teachers"

Do not get involved in fighting for what is right. simply Ignore and tolerate

Do not talk of injustice seen among Thais

Do not write anything FACEBOOK

Ethics can be defined Personal and Community. In an institution such as an educational institution.

On top of the list are

- Moral standards

- Responsibility to truth

- Responsibility to Laws

- Responsibility to humanity and its rights.

- Taking the initiative to help those who are downtrodden

- The art of discussing and accepting views and sharing knowledge

- The ability to say sorry.....at the moment...a loose face syndrome.... Thais can and will never say sorry....they do not know its implications they see it as loosing face.

any more please add to the list. Would be interested to see what this curriculum of ethics is going to cover.....any links....would be interested!

In this god forsaken country 'ethics' are only for poor people !

A Thai official and ethics - oxymoronic.

How will it be "emphasized"? Falling further and further behind. It's sad for the Thai people.

Its all Red Bull to me! Yellow good red bad! Do as I say not as I do!