BANGKOK, 29 April 2015 – The Office for National Education Standards and Quality Assessment of Thailand (ONESQA) today announced the 10 provinces with the highest number of schools that have held a position of educational excellence as determined by ONESQA, for 15 years in a row.
From a total 31,797 schools assessed by ONESQA, only 354 schools or 1.11% received a mark of educational excellence. The ten provinces with the greatest number of high quality schools are:
1. Bangkok (8.8%) 80/909 schools
2. Nonthaburi (7.39%) 15/203 schools
3. Phuket (4.48%) 3/67 schools
4. Samut Prakan (4.39%) 10/228 schools
5. Nakhon Phanom (4.19%) 13/310 schools
6. Pathum Thani (3.6%) 8/222 schools
7. Roi Et (3.07%) 26/848 schools
8. Prachuab Kiri Khan (2.69%) 7/260 schools
9. Maha Sarakham (2.48%) 12/483 schools
10. Yasothon (2.45%) 4/163 schools
The provinces rankings came from assessments of all factors; in Bangkok the number of teachers available is 38,483 teachers or 9.51 percent of the overall number, and it also has the most schools students. Most of the students entering schools in Bangkok must first be assessed and this leads to the high quality of education.
Prof. Dr. Channarong Pornrungroj, the ONESQA Director mentioned that the outcomes announced, used the new area-based assessment (ABA) measurement, which is a new assessment system, whereas previously assessment statistics were announced to the public once every 5 years. Accepting that this long gap between assessments of a school’s performance, was not beneficial to the country, the system has now be changed.
Every year, each province is being focused on, and individual reports will be issued to each province. Therefore the data and the statistics, will be useful for each province, and the government can use the data to formulate future policies.
