snoop1130 Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 Government announces 15-year free basic education Invoking Section 44 of the interim charter, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha in his capacity as head of the NCPO issued an order making it mandatory for the state to provide 15-year free basic education to Thai youths from kindergarten level up to Mathayom 6 level effective as of today.Referring to the policy of the previous governments for the state to provide free education to Thai youths of up to 15 years, the NCPO chief decided to reaffirm this policy which will help improve social justice, solve poverty and promote the development of human resources.Under the order, 15-year free basic education will cover “welfare education” for underprivileged or impoverished children and “special education” for the disabled or handicapped.Agencies concerned will make preparations to make sure that pre-school children will be taken care of and will be exposed to physical, mental and emotional development. Local administration organizations and the private sector should be encouraged and promoted to join in this endeavour.The Ministry of Education has been tasked to update relevant laws for the implementation of the free education policy.Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/government-announces-15-year-free-basic-education/ -- Thai PBS 2016-06-15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaltsc Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 "...making it mandatory for the state to provide 15-year free basic education to Thai youths from kindergarten level up to Mathayom 6 level effective as of today." Free, as in nothing....At last the government acknowledges the value of a Thai "education". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brucec64 Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 This is complete nonsense - 15 year education was granted in 2009: http://www.unescobkk.org/education/resources/resources/education-system-profiles/thailand/early-childhood/ Pre-school education is not compulsory and it is free from 2009 after introduction of 15-year free education policy which recognized the importance of pre-school education. The new constitution will cut this to 12 years. Not sure if this order supersedes the new constitution, but this order really means nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maoro2013 Posted June 16, 2016 Share Posted June 16, 2016 Yes and is only free to impoverished and disabled, certainly not everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klauskunkel Posted June 16, 2016 Share Posted June 16, 2016 15 years of learning how behave properly, followed by 15 days in a gang... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerojero Posted June 16, 2016 Share Posted June 16, 2016 Not sure the ins and outs of this in reality, but it's one of the rare announcements that make total sense and beneficial to the citizens of the Country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PS2 Posted June 16, 2016 Share Posted June 16, 2016 The new constitution will cut this to 12 years. Not sure if this order supersedes the new constitution, but this order really means nothing. It says minimum 12 years, that will leave future governments to make it 18 if they like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NongKhaiKid Posted June 16, 2016 Share Posted June 16, 2016 A good start perhaps but will mean nothing until the content of the ' education ' is improved Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The stuttering parrot Posted June 16, 2016 Share Posted June 16, 2016 Didn't a former prime minister get chastised for making populace policies? Yesterday 6.7 billion welfare now this. Can't wait till the next announced. Thaksin was an amateur! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaddeus Posted June 16, 2016 Share Posted June 16, 2016 Thai Education Lesson One. How to be a good little citizen. Repeat for fifteen years..... and mention some other stuff about how good hubs are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FourAces Posted June 16, 2016 Share Posted June 16, 2016 A good start perhaps but will mean nothing until the content of the ' education ' is improved Agreed, the education has to be improved to a level that is recognised to an acceptable standard by other nations. Also, The 15 years of education should be made compulsory, to stop 10 year old's being taken out of school so they can go to work on the farm or selling goods on the side of the street. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuestHouse Posted June 16, 2016 Share Posted June 16, 2016 Didn't a former prime minister get chastised for making populace policies? Yesterday 6.7 billion welfare now this. Can't wait till the next announced. Thaksin was an amateur! This and the welfare welfare announcement are directed at the whole of Thailand, whereas Thaksin's policies were directed at his North and North Eastern voter base. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Somtamnication Posted June 16, 2016 Share Posted June 16, 2016 Therein lies the issue: basic facilities, basic teachers who care, basic supplies, basic toilets with no doors, basic meals, basic pay, basic falangs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtls2005 Posted June 16, 2016 Share Posted June 16, 2016 Confusing. I thought that the draft charter included basic rights for twelve years education, with a shift from P1-6/M1-6, to pre-P(K?) 1-3, P1-6 and M1-3. And the CDC Kool Aiders said as much, with Meechai raving about how good this "reform" was. Clearly that was death knell for the new charter, so the kind-hearted/generous/paternalistic PM's granting of M4-6 back seems like a ploy to remove one obvious obstacle? A bit like 3-card monte with this drafty charter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbbbooboo Posted June 16, 2016 Share Posted June 16, 2016 hmmmm.... And there was I thinking, the idea in Thailand was to keep the peasants ignorant through little education so they don't ask silly questions and are easier to control Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaddeus Posted June 16, 2016 Share Posted June 16, 2016 hmmmm.... And there was I thinking, the idea in Thailand was to keep the peasants ignorant through little education so they don't ask silly questions and are easier to control Shhhhhhhhh ... someone poor and uneducated may hear you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtls2005 Posted June 16, 2016 Share Posted June 16, 2016 hmmmm.... And there was I thinking, the idea in Thailand was to keep the peasants ignorant through little education so they don't ask silly questions and are easier to control I think the goal was to shift M4-6 to pre P1-3. This would save money as the younger children require more babysitting than teaching, so can be herded into large classes. And they can be more easily indoctrinated at a young age. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenchair Posted June 16, 2016 Share Posted June 16, 2016 If they can't teach these kids reading, writing, basic math and science, and English in 12 years ,then another 3 years is not going to make any difference. The Thai education problem has always been that they spend so much time teaching religion, scouts, sports (2 weeks to learn how to cheer ) agriculture, politics,thai culture and history, that there is no time to learn the above important subjects. My son's reading, math and science books are only half finished every year. He has spent most of this term learning about voting in the right way. He is 10 ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gandalf12 Posted June 16, 2016 Share Posted June 16, 2016 And like many Western countries they will turn out idiots who know nothing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike324 Posted June 16, 2016 Share Posted June 16, 2016 15 years with 3 years being preschool, lol, useless as usual .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KKr Posted July 3, 2016 Share Posted July 3, 2016 12 years or fifteen years for primary education ? Seems a lot of time to me, we had to do it in six !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casualbiker Posted July 3, 2016 Share Posted July 3, 2016 (edited) 15 years with 3 years being preschool, lol, useless as usual .... Why.. this will bring free education up to high school level (18.) thus allowing the parents to only pay for university education if they want to.. Edited July 3, 2016 by casualbiker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casualbiker Posted July 3, 2016 Share Posted July 3, 2016 12 years or fifteen years for primary education ? Seems a lot of time to me, we had to do it in six !! This is total education from pre school to high school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike324 Posted July 8, 2016 Share Posted July 8, 2016 15 years with 3 years being preschool, lol, useless as usual ....Why.. this will bring free education up to high school level (18.) thus allowing the parents to only pay for university education if they want to.. Thailand already has FREE education up to high school level ! Extra 3 years is just a marketing scheme...useless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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