Small school networking projects make the grade

Tirnud Paichayontvijit Fifty percent of the 30,815 schools under the supervision of the Office of the Basic Education Commission (Obec) are considered “small”. Obec defines small schools as those with the number of enrolments below 120 students. So, what is wrong with being small? A recent study from the World Bank by Dilaka Lathapipat and […]

Syllabus shakeup to be piloted

Lamphai Intathep A revised version of the national curriculum will be piloted in 100 schools in the 2014 academic year which starts in May. A reform of the country’s basic curriculum was initiated by caretaker Deputy Prime Minister Pongthep Thepkanchana while he was education minister. The curriculum reform panel was led by Pawit Thongroj, an […]