Thai Schools to teach science and maths in English
Schools to teach science and maths in English next year
At least 500 schools to teach science and mathematics in English next year, Education Minister Jurin Laksanawisit said.
“They all are the leading schools under the Basic Education Commission,” Jurin said recently.
Other schools could follow if they had the resources to do so, he said.
“Not all science and math classes must be taught in English next year. But at least English should be the language of instruction for some classes,” he said.
“The schools must make the decision based on their level of preparedness,” he said.
The ministry was not pushing the schools to teach all science and math classes in English because a similar initiative by Malaysia failed to deliver good results, he said.
The policy was a part of the ministry’s Bt6.5 billion plan to create “quality” schools at the tambon, district and provincial levels.
At the local level, quality schools would have good facilities, a decent library and at least one personal computer per 10 students.
