Democracy X Innovations 86: What’s wrong with Thailand’s education system? (English Version)

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We are back with our English version of Democracy X Innovations podcast. In this episode we will be talking about Thailand's education system!
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The problems facing Thai schools have go beyond the issue of haircuts and uniforms. Outdated curricula and pedagogy continues to emphasize rote-learning while discouraging critical thinking. Furthermore, the budget allocation for the ministry of education has been cut 20 billion baht for fiscal year 2022.
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Thai students are required to take a range of tests including O-net, GAT, PAT as well as Educational Testing Service in the seven major subjects (and maybe more). However, what is most pertinent is that for the majority of schools, the curriculum studied doesn’t properly prepare students for these exams, either by not focusing on the right subjects or not giving students the tools to be able to solve problems. Many Thai students have to go for private tutoring which takes away a lot of time from them; they study in school for eight hours, then take time travelling to tutoring schools to study some more.
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The education system should be flexible, meaning that students should be able to choose what they want to learn and figure their true selves, in both science and art subjects.