1. Thai Education for Gifted Students Thai Education for Gifted Students Tuesday 30, October 2012 Diamond Bay Resort, Nha Trang City, Vietnam Presented by Dr. Punya Kaewkeeyoon Honour Consultant, Ministry of Education, Thailand

2. 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

3. 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

4. Early Childhood Care & Education Adult & Non formal Education Pathways

5. 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)

6. 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

7. Thai Citizen age 3-21 years Formal Education Non- Formal System 16,651,972 persons 13,389,249 persons (80.41%) Kindergarten (3-5 years Old) 76.80% Primary Education (Greade1-6) 6-11 years old 103.50% Lower Secondary (Grade7-9) 2-14 years old 98.40% Upper Secondary (Grade 10-12) 5-17 years old 72.18% Higher Education (1 st – 4 th year) 18-21 years old 47.18% 3,262,723 persons (19.59%) 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

8.  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  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

9.  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  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)

10.  English proficiency and ASEAN language are taught  Targeting 80% of students nationwide to communicate in English by 2015  English proficiency and ASEAN language are taught  Targeting 80% of students nationwide to communicate in English by 2015 Prepare for ASEAN Community

11. 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

12. Result of promoting for Gifted students 1.Mahidol Wittayanusorn Science School (800 gifted students) (800 gifted students) 2.Juraphon Royal College Science School (12 schools) 3 World Class Standard School (500 Schools) (500 Schools)

13. 4.One District One Scholarship (ODOS) 5.English Program for Basic Education (420 Primary Schools, (420 Primary Schools, 150 Secondary Schools) 150 Secondary Schools)

14. 6. Lab School ( 2,624 schools) 7. New Hybrid teachers (app.10,000/year) 8. National Awards - Art - Art - Music - Music - Academic - Academic - Sport - etc. - Sport - etc. (1,200 activities)

15. Thank you for your kind attention