There are many different criteria that can be used to evaluate education, and often improving one criterion may lead to a decrease in another. In this game there are 9 criteria that are used. As Minister of Education, in aiming to improve English education in Thailand, you may value certain criteria more highly than others. You therefore need to be familiar with the criteria and choose projects which will influence your favoured criteria. Here are the criteria. (TH)
Criterion
Ideal score
Thailand's current score
Rationale
Overall education quality
100
51
Based on data from the World Economic Forum, a high number shows better education quality. Thailand’s score of 51 means it is the 78th ranked country in the world
English First EPI score
100
50
A high number shows that general English proficiency in Thailand is good (numbers from 49 to 52 indicate Low proficiency)
Average TOEFL iBT score
120
76
A high number shows that the average Thai scores highly on the TOEFL iBT test. Thailand’s score of 76 means that it is the 115th ranked country in the world
ONET M6 average score for English
100
28
A high number shows that the average Thai scores highly on the ONET English section
ONET M6 average score for English from Bangkok
100
38
A high number shows that the average Bangkokian scores highly on the ONET English section
ONET M6 average score for English from upcountry
100
26
A high number shows that the average upcountry student scores highly on the ONET English section
Level of equality in education comparing Bangkok and upcountry
100
68
A number close to 100 shows that there is no difference in quality between Bangkok and upcountry schools
Level of equality in education comparing the top 200 schools and the bottom 200 schools
100
40
A number close to 100 shows that there is no difference in quality between the best and worst schools
Secondary school enrollment rate (%)
100
78
A 100% enrollment rate means that all children in the age group attend school. Thailand’s score of 78 means it is the 94th ranked country in the world
You can come back to this page from any other page by clicking on the 'Criteria’ tab at the top of the page, so you don't need to remember everything.
There are 6 different types of project available. You can choose projects from different types, more than one project from a single type, or even spend all of your money on one project. The key factor is that you are limited by the amount of money available (2,000 million plus any money you take from the subsidy budget).
Click on Show button next to the six types of projects to see all possible projects, then click the View Subsidy Budget button at the bottom of the screen.
Available Projects
Costs
Teacher training projects
* For teacher training projects, you can choose one project. For a project, you need to choose length of training, who is trained, and who does the training; after that the cost of the training will be shown.
Length of Training (chose one)
Short-term (60 hours)
Medium-term (200 hours)
Long-term (400 hours)
Who are the trainees? (chose one)
500 highest rated English teachers
500 lowest rated English teachers
10,000 upcountry English teachers
25,000 English teachers from the whole country
Who conducts the training? (chose one)
International organization (e.g. the British Council)
Local Universities
Follow-up to the training (optional)
Evaluation and monitoring of the performance of the trainees
Web-based follow-up support
Support for cascade training (for courses with 500 trainees)
6 - 5,000 Million baht
Projects employing foreign teachers
1,300 Million baht
Employ a native English speaking teacher (i.e. a teacher from the UK, the US, Canada etc.) at all 3,000 government secondary schools
820 Million baht
Employ a marginal native English speaking teacher (i.e. a teacher from the Philippines, Malaysia, Kenya etc.) at all 3,000 government secondary schools
820 - 1,300 Million baht
Projects changing the education system
880 Million baht
Increase the salaries of English teachers by 1,000 baht per month
1,700 Million baht
Increase the salaries of English teachers by 2,000 baht per month
800 Million baht
Increase the number of hours assigned to learning English per week by 1 hour
1,500 Million baht
Increase the number of hours assigned to learning English per week by 2 hours
1,200 Million baht
Decentralise the budget system giving schools much greater control over their own budgets
350 Million baht
Provide English language learning opportunities for non-Thai citizens (e.g. children of Burmese migrant workers, some hilltribe children)
350 - 1,700 Million baht
Projects changing the national exams
100 Million baht
Change the ONET exams so that they include semi-open items (e.g. gap-fill questions, sequencing questions)
250 Million baht
Change the ONET exams so that they include open items (e.g. essays)
100 - 250 Million baht
Projects providing non-formal support for English learning
40 Million baht
Employ local sources to create online apps for English learning
200 Million baht
Employ internationally renowned sources (e.g. UCLA, MIT) to create online apps for English learning
400 Million baht
Increase the amount of English on mainstream TV (e.g. adding English subtitles to local soap operas)
40 - 400 Million baht
Projects addressing underperforming schools
50 Million baht
Introduce a school buddy system whereby teachers are swapped between underperforming schools and highly rated schools
100 Million baht
Introduce a school quality assurance system which aims to identify and increase the budget for underperforming schools
50 - 100 Million baht
If you find that your 2,000 million baht discretionary budget is insufficient for the projects you wish to implement, you can shift money from the existing subsidiary budget. There are 5 categories in the subsidy budget.