Thailand lacks in good English Teachers
English skills deteriorating
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The national test for students doing basic education shows achievements in English have dropped significantly.
Office of the Basic Education Commission (OBEC) secretary general Khunying Kasama Varavarn blamed the decrease of classroom hours for teaching English.
The Bureau of Education Testing provided annual tests for grade 6 and grade 9 students across the country. It revealed students in grade 6 had received their lowest average mark in English, followed by maths, Thai and sciences. Grade 9 students lowest scholastic achievement was in English followed by maths, sciences, social studies and Thai.
Records of the past three years show the results in English, Thai and maths had dropped every year, while only sciences had improved.
However the larger schools that came under the Commission on Higher Education and private schools fared better.
"Not so long ago the number of teaching hours for English in most schools was reduced from four to between two and three a week, while the quality of English teachers is a problem," Kasama said.
She ordered provincial basic education offices to help schools in their areas improve the quality of English teaching before the next national test at the end of the year.
The Nation