Part 2: Major Educational Developments During the Twenty year period to the mid 1960's
Posted by Santhawat Srikhamthae on Monday, June 29, 2009
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The major educational developments in Thailand during the twenty years period prior to mid 1960's are listed below in chronological order.
Educational Administration and Planning
1951 Began 10-year plan suggested by UNESCO to improve all aspects of primary, secondary, and adult education. Selected Chachoengsao as pilot school for first five years
1953 Department of Educational Techniques established in Ministry of Education (MOE) for research, statistics, instructional materials and textbook production, library and museum services, curriculum organization, educa-tional and vocational guidance.
1955 Bangkok Institute for Child Study established with help of UNESCO for research and training in child development and educational psychology.
1955 Teacher Training made a separate department within the Ministry of Education.
1957 Each changwat or province for the first time responsible for its own educational system.
1958 Formulated an educational plan for the next five years.
1959 National Education Council (NEC) formed in office of Prime Minister to serve as advisory and coordinating agency for educational development and to administer higher education.
1960 National Scheme of Education proclaimed with aims and goals for each level of education and with significant curriculum revision.
1964 Educational Planning Office (EPO) established as part of office of Under-Secretary of State for Education.
Royal Thai Government (RTG) and USOM (Michigan State Contract) began long-range studies in education and manpower development planning.
South East Asia Ministers of Education Secretariat (SEAMES) founded in Bangkok to coordinate the views and recommendations of the Ministries of Education in South East Asia. Plans .made to set up regional institutes for engineering, tropical medicine, agriculture, higher education, education in science and mathematics, English language instruction, book development, educational radio and TV, and instiactiona1 materials.
1965 Comprehensive Secondary School Project started in several pilot secondary schools.
1966 All rural primary schools put under supervision of local changwat administrative authorities
1967 Second Economic and Social Development Plan for 1967-1.971 published
with goals of: Secondary-to educate more middle-level manpower; to expand
Vocational Education: Teacher Training-to increase output to meet requirements; Adult Education-to establish educational centers to educate 300,000 adults.
1969 Ford Foundation sent consultants to work with NEC to help strengthen
Educational research and planning.
1970 National Economic Development Board (NEDB), NEC, Ministry of Education officials, EPO, and local educational officials actively involved in assessing educational problems and formulating goals and priorities and projects for the Third Five-Year National Education Development Program for 1972-1976.
Primary and Adult Education
1948 RTG classified local primary teachers as government civil servants in an effort to raise their status and improve their quality.
1952 General Education Department established in Ministry of Education for kindergarten, primary, special schools, and adult education.
1953 Primary education re-organized to include primary extension schools of three more years after basic four years.
1959 Began new system of grading primary students, including pupil development, year's work and final examination.
Ninety-two Border Patrol Police Schools (BPP) were started in the North.
1960 National Scheme of Education proclaimed and 4-3-3-2 plan proposed for reorganizing educational system.
1961 One-hundred-seventy-¢ne centers for adult literacy training in operation.
1962 Primary Education Act passed to extend compulsory education from four to seven years in all districts within 10 years. At least one school to be started in each district.
Responsibility for primary schools within municipal boundaries transferred from MOE to local municipalities.
1966 Decentralization of 26,000 primary schools from MOE to local Changwat Administrative authorities. Help in financing and administering these primary school given by Department of Local Administration (DOLA) in the Ministry of the Interior (MOI). Ministry of Education continues to have responsibility for curriculum.
1970 Three-hundred-forty-eight centers for adult literacy. Training in operation. Secondary Education
1951 Royal Proclamation published about education: public education to be in four levels: kindergarten, primary, secondary, and college preparatory.
National goal: free public education to age 15; secondary education
divided into three programs--3-year general; 6-year special college preparatory; 6-year vocational.
First pilot comprehensive secondary school begun at Chachoengsao with help of UNESCO (did not become permanent).
1955 1958
1960 Supervisory Unit in Department of Secondary Education established.
Five-year program of RTG supported by USOM, for establishing 12 General Education Development centers to locate supervisors in rural areas for the first time.
National Scheme of Education Provided far secondary program to begin in MS-1 and continue through MS-5 (Grade 12) far the academic stream and through MS-6 (Grade 13) for the vocational stream. The secondary level was divided into two levels: lower secondary (MS 1-3) and upper secondary (MS 4-5) for academic stream and MS 4-6 for vocational stream.
First permanent comprehensive secondary school established at Karat with major innovations in curriculum.
1964
1966 Committee for Comprehensive Schools established in Ministry of Education.
Rural secondary school development project to assist 156 schools begun with assistance of UNICEF.
Comprehensive high schools expanded with help of Canadian team and plans made for 20 model schools offering a variety of industrial arts courses and regular college preparatory courses in same school (1966-1970).
Type II Comprehensive Schools (Amphoe schools of lower secondary level, MS 1-3) started in rural areas with 130 schools offering primarily agricultural and home economics curriculum.
Teacher Training
1892 First teacher training school established by Thai government. 1920 Teacher Training Division established in Ministry of Education.
1951 Curriculum revised for teacher training.
1954 Prasarnmitr College of Education established to grant the first college-level degrees in education. (Chulalongkorn University started a similar program) Teacher Training Division changed to the status of a Department in MOE. Bangkok Institute for Child Study founded with the help of UNESCO at Prasarnmitr College of Education for research and graduate work in child development and education psychology.
1955 Prasarnmitr College produced 31 graduates with B. Ed. degrees. Bangsaen and Pathumwan Colleges of Education started.
1956 First demonstration schools established at teacher training schools. 1967 Phitsanulok College of Education Established.
Teacher shortage grew and MOE organized emergency six-month training courses for teachers with tenth grade education (MS-3) in order to produce an additional 4,000 teachers per year.
1968 Maha Sarakham College of Education established: AgriculturalEducation
1935 Four agricultural schools at the lower secondary level were established offering a four-year curriculum.
1943 Kasetsart University founded by combining Colleges of Agriculture and Forestry under the Ministry of Agriculture.
1958 Kasetsart University put under Office of Prime Minister.
1966 Loan for Improvement of Vocational Education (LIVE) project gave significant aid to 10 agricultural schools.
1970 Agricultural schools now number 24 and curriculum raised to upper secondary level. Five of these schools provide two years of junior college-level training and one provides teacher education.
Vocational Education
• 1941 Department of Vocational Education established sin Ministry of Education. 1953 First Technical Institute established in Bangkok.
1959 National Economic Development Board made forecasts of manpower needs for 1960-1971.
SEATO Skilled Manpower Project initiated and carried through until 1965.
1960 Vocational budget increased and vocational education started three levels: lower secondary, upper secondary, and college.
1964 RTG, support tei oy :,°S., began Technical Training for Accelerated Development toje.it (T'TAZI, a six-year project (1964-1970), to establish the North Eastern Technical Institute at Korat to train engineering assistants, heavy equipment operators and mechanics, and supply personnel for various RTG agencies.
1966 Loan Project for the :Improvement of Vocational Education (LIVE) was started. A 32 million dollar project with 6 million dollars supplied
• by IBRD loan and the rest financed by the RTG and with technical assistance from SCtv1, to develop and improve the programs of 10 vocational agricultural schools, 15 trade and industrial schools, and two teacher training colleges in the respective fields.
1916 er Education
Chulalongkorn University founded with 4 faculties; Arts and Sciences, Medicine, Engineering, and Political Science.
1933 Thammasat University founded for advanced study in Social Sciences.
1942 University of Medical Sciences founded under the Ministry of Public Health.
1943 Kasetsart University founded by combining existing Colleges of Agriculture and Forestry under the Ministry of Agriculture.
1943 SIT lpakorn University founded for instruction and research into fine arts and national culture.
1953 The College of Education at Prasarnmitr founded as first teacher's college granting college degrees in education under Ministry of Education. (Same year, Chulalongkorn began giving B. Ed. degrees.)
1955 Bangkok Institute for Child Study founded with the help of UNESCO at Prasarnmitr College of Education for research and M.A.- level study in Child Development and Educational Psychology.
Bangsaen and Pathumwan Colleges of Education founded.
1958 Office of the Prime Minister made responsible for all universities except for the College of Education.
1959 National Education Council (NEC) formed under Office of Prime Minister to serve as advisory and coordinating agency for development of all education and with particular responsibility for higher education.
1959 Asian Institute of Technology founded in Bangkok under SEATO, to offer MA-level training in six fields of engineering.
1964 Chiang Mai University founded in the North with Faculties of Humanities, Science, and Social Science--Thailand's first provincial university.
1965 Khon Kaen University founded in the Northeast with Faculties of Engineering, Agriculture, Science and Arts. The curriculum was designed specifically for the Northeast with emphasis upon Engineering and Agriculture.
1966 National Institute of Development Administration (NIDA) founded in Bangkok to offer MA-level education in Public Administration, Business Administration, Development Economics, Applied Statistics, and to conduct related research and management training.
Fourth campus of College of Education founded at Phitsanulok.
1968 Prince of Songkla University founded--the first University in the South.
Songkla College of Education founded.
University Development Commission formed to deal with present and future problems of higher education, focusing on creating graduate programs at the M.A. and Ph.D. levels and on upgrading university teaching staffs and establishing priorities. For higher education.
Educational Administration and Planning
1951 Began 10-year plan suggested by UNESCO to improve all aspects of primary, secondary, and adult education. Selected Chachoengsao as pilot school for first five years
1953 Department of Educational Techniques established in Ministry of Education (MOE) for research, statistics, instructional materials and textbook production, library and museum services, curriculum organization, educa-tional and vocational guidance.
1955 Bangkok Institute for Child Study established with help of UNESCO for research and training in child development and educational psychology.
1955 Teacher Training made a separate department within the Ministry of Education.
1957 Each changwat or province for the first time responsible for its own educational system.
1958 Formulated an educational plan for the next five years.
1959 National Education Council (NEC) formed in office of Prime Minister to serve as advisory and coordinating agency for educational development and to administer higher education.
1960 National Scheme of Education proclaimed with aims and goals for each level of education and with significant curriculum revision.
1964 Educational Planning Office (EPO) established as part of office of Under-Secretary of State for Education.
Royal Thai Government (RTG) and USOM (Michigan State Contract) began long-range studies in education and manpower development planning.
South East Asia Ministers of Education Secretariat (SEAMES) founded in Bangkok to coordinate the views and recommendations of the Ministries of Education in South East Asia. Plans .made to set up regional institutes for engineering, tropical medicine, agriculture, higher education, education in science and mathematics, English language instruction, book development, educational radio and TV, and instiactiona1 materials.
1965 Comprehensive Secondary School Project started in several pilot secondary schools.
1966 All rural primary schools put under supervision of local changwat administrative authorities
1967 Second Economic and Social Development Plan for 1967-1.971 published
with goals of: Secondary-to educate more middle-level manpower; to expand
Vocational Education: Teacher Training-to increase output to meet requirements; Adult Education-to establish educational centers to educate 300,000 adults.
1969 Ford Foundation sent consultants to work with NEC to help strengthen
Educational research and planning.
1970 National Economic Development Board (NEDB), NEC, Ministry of Education officials, EPO, and local educational officials actively involved in assessing educational problems and formulating goals and priorities and projects for the Third Five-Year National Education Development Program for 1972-1976.
Primary and Adult Education
1948 RTG classified local primary teachers as government civil servants in an effort to raise their status and improve their quality.
1952 General Education Department established in Ministry of Education for kindergarten, primary, special schools, and adult education.
1953 Primary education re-organized to include primary extension schools of three more years after basic four years.
1959 Began new system of grading primary students, including pupil development, year's work and final examination.
Ninety-two Border Patrol Police Schools (BPP) were started in the North.
1960 National Scheme of Education proclaimed and 4-3-3-2 plan proposed for reorganizing educational system.
1961 One-hundred-seventy-¢ne centers for adult literacy training in operation.
1962 Primary Education Act passed to extend compulsory education from four to seven years in all districts within 10 years. At least one school to be started in each district.
Responsibility for primary schools within municipal boundaries transferred from MOE to local municipalities.
1966 Decentralization of 26,000 primary schools from MOE to local Changwat Administrative authorities. Help in financing and administering these primary school given by Department of Local Administration (DOLA) in the Ministry of the Interior (MOI). Ministry of Education continues to have responsibility for curriculum.
1970 Three-hundred-forty-eight centers for adult literacy. Training in operation. Secondary Education
1951 Royal Proclamation published about education: public education to be in four levels: kindergarten, primary, secondary, and college preparatory.
National goal: free public education to age 15; secondary education
divided into three programs--3-year general; 6-year special college preparatory; 6-year vocational.
First pilot comprehensive secondary school begun at Chachoengsao with help of UNESCO (did not become permanent).
1955 1958
1960 Supervisory Unit in Department of Secondary Education established.
Five-year program of RTG supported by USOM, for establishing 12 General Education Development centers to locate supervisors in rural areas for the first time.
National Scheme of Education Provided far secondary program to begin in MS-1 and continue through MS-5 (Grade 12) far the academic stream and through MS-6 (Grade 13) for the vocational stream. The secondary level was divided into two levels: lower secondary (MS 1-3) and upper secondary (MS 4-5) for academic stream and MS 4-6 for vocational stream.
First permanent comprehensive secondary school established at Karat with major innovations in curriculum.
1964
1966 Committee for Comprehensive Schools established in Ministry of Education.
Rural secondary school development project to assist 156 schools begun with assistance of UNICEF.
Comprehensive high schools expanded with help of Canadian team and plans made for 20 model schools offering a variety of industrial arts courses and regular college preparatory courses in same school (1966-1970).
Type II Comprehensive Schools (Amphoe schools of lower secondary level, MS 1-3) started in rural areas with 130 schools offering primarily agricultural and home economics curriculum.
Teacher Training
1892 First teacher training school established by Thai government. 1920 Teacher Training Division established in Ministry of Education.
1951 Curriculum revised for teacher training.
1954 Prasarnmitr College of Education established to grant the first college-level degrees in education. (Chulalongkorn University started a similar program) Teacher Training Division changed to the status of a Department in MOE. Bangkok Institute for Child Study founded with the help of UNESCO at Prasarnmitr College of Education for research and graduate work in child development and education psychology.
1955 Prasarnmitr College produced 31 graduates with B. Ed. degrees. Bangsaen and Pathumwan Colleges of Education started.
1956 First demonstration schools established at teacher training schools. 1967 Phitsanulok College of Education Established.
Teacher shortage grew and MOE organized emergency six-month training courses for teachers with tenth grade education (MS-3) in order to produce an additional 4,000 teachers per year.
1968 Maha Sarakham College of Education established: AgriculturalEducation
1935 Four agricultural schools at the lower secondary level were established offering a four-year curriculum.
1943 Kasetsart University founded by combining Colleges of Agriculture and Forestry under the Ministry of Agriculture.
1958 Kasetsart University put under Office of Prime Minister.
1966 Loan for Improvement of Vocational Education (LIVE) project gave significant aid to 10 agricultural schools.
1970 Agricultural schools now number 24 and curriculum raised to upper secondary level. Five of these schools provide two years of junior college-level training and one provides teacher education.
Vocational Education
• 1941 Department of Vocational Education established sin Ministry of Education. 1953 First Technical Institute established in Bangkok.
1959 National Economic Development Board made forecasts of manpower needs for 1960-1971.
SEATO Skilled Manpower Project initiated and carried through until 1965.
1960 Vocational budget increased and vocational education started three levels: lower secondary, upper secondary, and college.
1964 RTG, support tei oy :,°S., began Technical Training for Accelerated Development toje.it (T'TAZI, a six-year project (1964-1970), to establish the North Eastern Technical Institute at Korat to train engineering assistants, heavy equipment operators and mechanics, and supply personnel for various RTG agencies.
1966 Loan Project for the :Improvement of Vocational Education (LIVE) was started. A 32 million dollar project with 6 million dollars supplied
• by IBRD loan and the rest financed by the RTG and with technical assistance from SCtv1, to develop and improve the programs of 10 vocational agricultural schools, 15 trade and industrial schools, and two teacher training colleges in the respective fields.
1916 er Education
Chulalongkorn University founded with 4 faculties; Arts and Sciences, Medicine, Engineering, and Political Science.
1933 Thammasat University founded for advanced study in Social Sciences.
1942 University of Medical Sciences founded under the Ministry of Public Health.
1943 Kasetsart University founded by combining existing Colleges of Agriculture and Forestry under the Ministry of Agriculture.
1943 SIT lpakorn University founded for instruction and research into fine arts and national culture.
1953 The College of Education at Prasarnmitr founded as first teacher's college granting college degrees in education under Ministry of Education. (Same year, Chulalongkorn began giving B. Ed. degrees.)
1955 Bangkok Institute for Child Study founded with the help of UNESCO at Prasarnmitr College of Education for research and M.A.- level study in Child Development and Educational Psychology.
Bangsaen and Pathumwan Colleges of Education founded.
1958 Office of the Prime Minister made responsible for all universities except for the College of Education.
1959 National Education Council (NEC) formed under Office of Prime Minister to serve as advisory and coordinating agency for development of all education and with particular responsibility for higher education.
1959 Asian Institute of Technology founded in Bangkok under SEATO, to offer MA-level training in six fields of engineering.
1964 Chiang Mai University founded in the North with Faculties of Humanities, Science, and Social Science--Thailand's first provincial university.
1965 Khon Kaen University founded in the Northeast with Faculties of Engineering, Agriculture, Science and Arts. The curriculum was designed specifically for the Northeast with emphasis upon Engineering and Agriculture.
1966 National Institute of Development Administration (NIDA) founded in Bangkok to offer MA-level education in Public Administration, Business Administration, Development Economics, Applied Statistics, and to conduct related research and management training.
Fourth campus of College of Education founded at Phitsanulok.
1968 Prince of Songkla University founded--the first University in the South.
Songkla College of Education founded.
University Development Commission formed to deal with present and future problems of higher education, focusing on creating graduate programs at the M.A. and Ph.D. levels and on upgrading university teaching staffs and establishing priorities. For higher education.
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