Thailand leads way with science education centre

national July 26, 2017 01:00

By PRATCH RUJIVANAROM 
THE NATION 
JAKARTA

 

The Education Ministers from 11 member countries of SEAMEO take a group photo shot in SEAMEO Council Conference yesterday in Jakarta.

 

JAKARTA: -- A NEW Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Education Centre will open in Bangkok as part of the country’s plan to become a regional leader in this field.

Thai Education Minister Dr Teerakiat Jareonsettasin said yesterday after the 49th Southeast Asia Ministers of Education Organisation (SEAMEO) Council Conference in Jakarta that the meeting approved the establishment of two new SEAMEO regional centres in Thailand. One would be the STEM Education Centre, while the other would be a Sufficient Economy Learning Centre.

 

Both centres would be the first of their kind to be set up in Southeast Asia, Teerakiat noted.

 

“Thailand has the potential to lead STEM education in the region, as we already have the institutions and researchers to kick off the initiative,” he said.

 

“Moreover, by having the regional centre for STEM education, Thailand will receive great benefit from the rapid development of our STEM education, which will greatly mobilise our economy.

 

“Right now the SEAMEO Council has approved this plan. From now on, the Thai government will be responsible for funding and setting up this new centre in Bangkok.”

 

Teerakiat said that the Thai government had already allocated Bt250 million over five years for the new STEM centre. The centre will be the regional institution responsible for STEM education promotion. It will not only set up policies to improve STEM education, but it will also be the centre for information and experience sharing among the member countries and education experts.

 

“In order to develop our STEM education, we cannot work alone to achieve this goal,” Teerakiat said. “We need help from outside and to work together.

 

“This is the first SEAMEO regional centre for STEM education, as the existing science education centre in Malaysia only focuses on the academic perspective. Our STEM education centre will also prioritise the implementation and adaptation of science and technology.”

 

After getting the green light from the SEAMEO Council, the Bangkok centre would open within a year.

 

Teerakiat also announced that Thailand would host the SEAMEO regional centre for sufficient economy philosophy. He noted that the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej was the father of this knowledge, and that Thailand was well placed to share the philosophy with other countries.

 

Other SEAMEO regional centres to be set up include an early childhood education and parenting centre in Indonesia, a technical education development centre in Cambodia, and a communications education centre in Laos.

 

Meanwhile, Thailand is to hand over the presidency of the SEAMEO Council to Indonesia after it finished its two-year term in office.

 

Indonesian Education Minister Muhadjir Effendy, the incoming president, said the next priority would be to secure sustainable development via education. The council would continue with the aim of ensuring better livelihoods for everyone.

 

“We have a plan to secure quality education for all people and to promote lifelong education,” he said. “Indonesia pledges to provide full support to the SEAMEO mission to create a better future for everyone in the region via education.” 

 

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“In order to develop our STEM education, we cannot work alone to achieve this goal,” Teerakiat said. “We need help from outside and to work together.

 

Of course they do.  They need people from outside Thailand who are actually educated and capable of creative and innovative thinking from whom they can copy or plagiarize from.  

46 minutes ago, webfact said:

Our STEM education centre will also prioritise the implementation and adaptation of science and technology.

What kind of technology ?  Very little wireless technology is legal in Thailand.  Would be nice to hear about a focus like electric cars.  

SEAMEO??? They should start by showing they can come up with a better acronym. Personally, I like MORONS.

 

 

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A male dominated arena......

 

Check that out......... there is only one woman standing.

 

Not good 

 

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another English language thing.

we call it the Butterfly Effect. hellooo??? you missed that in the article above.

 

ya know....

a butterfly flapping it's wings in New Mexico can cause a hurricane in China.
 

so.... by assigning a handful of folks to type "we need education".... into some computers.... in Bangkok, of course....... and then....... printing it all out on a computer printer of some kind......











 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

Edited July 26, 20178 yr by maewang99

Any country where people believe you get ill if it rains on you, that amulets work, that people die when it's windy or that a red shirt will keep the peebob away does need a science education center .

Lesson one: 'How to oil a gate.'

Lesson two: 'How to get oil off clothes.'

I could write the whole syllabus if I was allowed a work permit.

?????.... more like leading the way in comedian comment sound bites

15 minutes ago, farcanell said:

?????.... more like leading the way in comedian comment sound bites

is hard to reconcile the ineffectiveness and inefficiency here with this proposal

Excellent science education is essential....spelling is also vital..SEAMEC  (seameo)....whatever....it'll never get better!

If you go to western institutions with global reputations - MIT in the US or Imperial in the UK for example - the first thing you notice is that the staff are truly international. They are the best available wherever they come from. If Thailand wants to compete on the world stage they will have to do the same. That requires a big attitude change.

They can all work at the Hub of Aircraft Maintenace, High-speed Railway and Medical care amongst other opportunities in Hub careers