Thai Education for Gifted Students

Tuesday 30, October 2012 Diamond Bay Resort, Nha Trang City, Vietnam

Presented by

Dr. Punya KaewkeeyoonHonour Consultant, Ministry of Education, Thailand

General Information

• Area: 514,400 sq.km• Population:66.9 Million• Labor force: 38.96

Million• Life expectancy:

– Male : 69.5– Female: 76.3

• Literacy Rate: 96.4 %

Cambodia

Malaysia

Laos PDRMyanmar

Educational Policy, Planning ,Provision&Mornitoring

• Early Childhood Care & Education (0-5 aged group)

• Basic Education ( 6 years of primary & 6 years of secondary)

• Vocational Education • Higher Education (4 years)• Adult & Non-formal Education

Early Childhood Care

& Education

Adult & Non formal

Education Pathways

Total 38,456 institutions

36,096 Educational institutions under MOE

2,360 institutions outside MOE (under Bangkok Metropolitan Administration / Local Administration Department / Ministry of Social Development and Human Security / Royal Thai Police, etc)

1,143,048 Students in Schools outside MOE (under Bangkok Metropolitan Administration / Local Administration Department / Ministry of Social Development and Human Security / Royal Thai Police)

• Total 14,137,575 students

Thai Citizen

age 3-21 years

Formal Education

Non-Formal System

16,651,972 persons13,389,249 persons 8041( . %)Kindergarten (3-5 years Old) 76.80%

Primary Education (Greade1-6) 6-11 years old103.50%Lower Secondary (Grade7-9) 2-14 years old 98.40%

Upper Secondary (Grade 10-12) 5-17 years old 72.18%

Higher Education (1st – 4th year) 18-21 years old47.18%

3,262,723 persons 1959( . %)

Total Thai Population (65 Million persons) Literacy rate 93.5 %Illiterate People 6.5 % (4,225,000 persons)

Thai Education’s Profile

Thailand’s Action Plan for ASEAN Community 2012

•Increase provision of non-formal and informal education •Adult education

Present government gives high priority to learning opportunities and accessbilities

One Tablet PC per Child Programme was launched last month

availing all students at primary year one and secondary year one

totaling 1.6 million students and more than 50,000 teachers all over the country

to have tablets accessible to free internet WIFI

Educational Policies of Thailand

Book Coupons to choose their own books to read apart from their textbooks

Free Quality Education for All is a tool to fight against illiteracy in Thailand

One District One Scholarship provides opportunities for Thai students , 928 districts from 77 provinces to have scholarship to further studies abroad till their bachelor degree

Educational Policies of Thailand (continued)

English proficiency and ASEAN language are taught

Targeting 80% of students nationwide to communicate in English by 2015

Prepare for ASEAN Community

• ASEAN Curriculum Sourcebook

• ASEAN Score Card

• Credit Transfer among ASEAN Countries

(through AUN)– 24 Participating Universities from 10 member countries

(4 universities in Thailand participating; Chulalongkorn University (Bangkok) , Mahidol University (Bangkok), Chiangmai University and Burapha University)

• Liberalization of Educational Services

Result of promoting forResult of promoting forGifted students Gifted students

1.1. Mahidol Wittayanusorn Mahidol Wittayanusorn Science School Science School

(800 gifted students)(800 gifted students)2.Juraphon Royal College 2.Juraphon Royal College

Science School Science School (12 schools)(12 schools)

33 World Class Standard World Class Standard School School

(500 Schools)(500 Schools)

4.One District 4.One District One ScholarshipOne Scholarship (ODOS)(ODOS)

5.English Program for 5.English Program for Basic Education Basic Education

(420 Primary Schools , (420 Primary Schools , 150 Secondary Schools) 150 Secondary Schools)

6. Lab School6. Lab School( 2,624 schools)( 2,624 schools)7. New Hybrid 7. New Hybrid

teachers teachers (app.10,000/year)(app.10,000/year)

8. National Awards 8. National Awards - Art- Art - Music- Music - Academic - Academic - Sport - Sport

- - etc. etc.

(1,200 activities)(1,200 activities)

Thank you for your kind attention