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English proficiency on the wane, says latest EF survey
News, Post Reporters, Published on 27/11/2023
» English proficiency among Thais ranks low globally and is the worst in Asean, according to the latest EF Education First (EF) survey.
English gets raw deal
News, Editorial, Published on 22/11/2021
» Thailand's English proficiency ranking among non-native English speaking countries has been ranked a paltry 100th out of a total of 112 countries and territories in a new survey.
Bid to raise English skills of teachers
News, Dumrongkiat Mala, Published on 18/02/2021
» The Office of Basic Education Commission (Obec) is developing an online platform to assess and improve the English proficiency of Thai teachers nationwide.
Low score in English skills sparks revamp
News, Post Reporters, Published on 19/12/2020
» The Office of the Basic Education Commission (Obec) aims to revamp Thailand's English language education, following the country's recent "very low" English proficiency ranking.
Education 'reform' is an utter failure
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 14/12/2020
» The World Bank's recent report on a decline in Thai students' performance in the Program for International Student Assessment (Pisa) is a slap in the face for the government, particularly the Education Ministry, under Nathapol Teepsuwan.
English tuition lags
News, Editorial, Published on 30/11/2020
» In today's fast-moving, competitive world, knowledge of a foreign language is now considered a necessity. As technology continues to make the world smaller, it's important to command a common language to communicate in, and English is one such international language that has allowed people access to universal knowledge.
Army can't have it both ways
News, Postbag, Published on 29/11/2020
» Re: "Think tank to help reform conscription", (BP, Nov 27).
English gets push as fluency falters
News, Dumrongkiat Mala and Kornchanok Raksaseri, Published on 28/11/2020
» The Education Ministry is planning to launch an intensive English programme requiring all students in public schools to study English for five hours a week to improve national levels of proficiency.
English skills drop again
News, Post Reporters, Published on 27/11/2020
» Thailand's overall English proficiency has fallen for the third year in a row, according to the annual English Proficiency Index.
Rocky road to academic excellence
News, Dumrongkiat Mala, Published on 30/12/2019
» It seems 2019 was not the best year for the education system as Thai students still performed below the international average. Meanwhile, The Education Ministry's plan to merge small-sized schools with fewer than 40 students into larger ones sparked protests. Another issue was the school lunch scandal which sparked outrage when several schools nationwide served substandard lunch meals. On the bright side, the Education Ministry announced plans to introduce a bilingual education programme in about 2,000 public schools in the next academic year.