Thailand not ready for English language instruction
It’s too soon to declare English the second language for teaching in schools, Office of the Education Council (OEC) secretary-general Tongthong Chandransu said recently.
News reports late last week said the Education Ministry planned to declare English the second language in schools on October 22.
But Tongthong denied there would be declarations related to the issue on October 22, as reported by the media.
“The education reform policy committee, chaired by Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has discussed improving or upgrading English language teaching in educational institutions. But the committee has not yet reached a conclusion of how to develop the teaching,” Tongthong said.
He was not sure if there was confusion caused by initial news reports on the issue.
