Means
of Instruction, Equipment and Infrastructure
Educational materials such as textbooks, teachers’ guides,
supplementary readings, and various teaching
and learning materials for primary and secondary
levels are developed by the Book Development
Centre in accordance with the curriculum. In
addition, teaching and learning materials produced
by private publishers must be submitted to
the Centre before obtaining approval from the
Ministry of Education.
As technology is a crucial
means of improving the quality of teaching and
learning, its role has been emphasized in the
1999 National Education Act. Major activities
to be implemented are concerned with the production
and refinement of educational media; development
of the capabilities of learners and educational
personnel in using technologies for education;
research and development on the production and
refinement of technologies for education; and
the establishment of a Fund and a central unit
for the development of technologies for education.
The National Education Network Project was approved
on 18 September 2001. It aims to distribute information
technology equitably to all educational institutions
and allow joint utilisation of educational information
resources, with co-operation from the Telephone
Organisation of Thailand and the Communications
Authority of Thailand. It is expected that
all educational institutions will be provided
with telephones by the fiscal year 2002. Guidelines
and targets have been set with regard to two
aspects: computers and equipment used for teaching
and learning and those used for administration,
which will be distributed in response to the
needs of educational institutions and the working
systems of each agency. |
