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Thai Education System Fails To Deliver


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The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development's (OECD) recent international student assessment report has triggered concerns over the quality and capabilities of Thai students, while sparking curiosity over the education systems of Singapore and Vietnam.

 

The results of 2015 Programme for International Student Assessment, or PISA 2015, released recently show a fall in scores among students in Thailand while Singapore beat China to rank top out of the 70 countries analysed.

 

One big surprise was the scores of Vietnamese students, who improved considerably on their last ranking, moving up to 8th place from 17th in the previous assessment in 2012, and beating the scores of several developed countries.

 

Thailand came 54th, with scores dropping in all subjects since the 2012 assessment. Classified by subject, Thailand ranked 54th for maths, 57th for reading, and 54th for sciences.

 

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http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/general/1162805/thai-education-system-fails-to-deliver

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Physical punishment was banned long ago. I seen primary kids lined up to have their hand smacked, but that wasn't anything physical.

 

The government universities long were under a separate ministry, fortunately. But governments in recent years have managed to f*ck that up too. For one thing, the minister is always a political appointee, usually with zero background in education. Every time the minister changes, so do the policies. As a result, the policies tend to be ignored, since they are only temporary anyway.

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