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School mergers 'are necessary'

The Office of the Basic Education Commission (Obec) is standing by its plan to merge some small schools nationwide and says it will move students in these schools to bigger ones.

Obec secretary-general Chinnapat Bhumirat said he had asked all educational zone directors to work out a plan to move students from schools with less than 120 pupils to study at larger ones.

Mr Chinnapat said the directors must conduct a survey on how many small schools in their areas could be merged.

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  • patchar

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    Discussion 7 : 29 Jan 2013 at 21.177

    I thought congesting students from big schools by moving them to smaller schools will help make the classrooms more conducive to learning. A lot of bigger schools are packed with students and are not manageable for the teachers. Let the student study in a school near them don't let them all go to the cities...

  • joninnak

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    Discussion 6 : 28 Jan 2013 at 15.576

    Jacksprat. They will give them all a motorbike each including the 5 yr, old. oops, Sorry they do that already.

  • jacksprat

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    Discussion 5 : 28 Jan 2013 at 15.335

    The reason small schools are where they are in rural areas is that they are near where the students live. Is the Obec going to provide free transportation for them? If not, they will only encourage families to keep their children home.

  • geoffp

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    Discussion 4 : 28 Jan 2013 at 12.504

    Years ago, in Phuket, I chatted with a retired teacher who explained that, while teachers are sent on various courses to update their teaching (new curriculum, new methods etc.) they are reluctant to implement those advances in the classroom for the paltry pay that teachers get.
    I suspect it is as true today as it was then.

  • geoffp

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    Discussion 3 : 28 Jan 2013 at 12.463

    Disc #2. I cannot agree that public schools "suck", though I do agree that reforms of education are needed.
    I teach English at a public school, with classes of about 30 ~ 40 students of mixed gender and very mixed ability. Some of my current students are a damned-sight brighter than at the private school I had previously experienced - the thickness of the parents' wallet doesn't determine a child's ability, only the 'vanity points' that attendance of certain schools ensures.

  • dao

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    Discussion 2 : 28 Jan 2013 at 10.242

    Reform of education is needed .Teacher training is needed .New curriculum with new teaching methods is needed .Stop being cheap with children's futures .There is a reason politicians send their kids to private schools .The public ones suck .

  • packman

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    Discussion 1 : 28 Jan 2013 at 09.231

    Great, now teachers will have classes with 60 students per class instead of the current 50.

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