* 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)
None.
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
Not enough budget. Please choose some subsidies
Subsidies
Amount Added
Reduce subsidy for instruction
1,000 Million baht
Reduce subsidy for textbooks
500 Million baht
Reduce subsidy for equipment
500 Million baht
Reduce subsidy for uniform
500 Million baht
Reduce subsidy for activities
500 Million baht
Result
My Budget
Costs
STARTING BUDGET
2,000 Million baht
REMAINING BUDGET
Criterion
Current
Change
After Project
Overall education quality
English First EPI score
Average TOEFL iBT score
ONET M6 average score for English
ONET M6 average score for English from Bangkok
ONET M6 average score for English from upcountry
Level of equality in education comparing Bangkok and upcountry
Level of equality in education comparing the top 200 schools and the bottom 200 schools
Secondary school enrollment rate (%)
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