The special provision of the Second Plan is the establishment
of the “Board of Education” in each province. The Provincial Board
of Education is responsible for supervising the provision of education
in schools under the jurisdiction of local administrative organisations;
formulating the policies, plans and standards of educational
institutions under the local administrative organisations; and allocating
resources for education. In addition, educational administration of
vocational institutions will be transferred to the Bangkok Metropolitan
Administration and other Provincial Administrative Organisations in
line with the criteria of their readiness.
Continuous progress was made regarding the decentralisation of
power in educational administration from the Ministry of Education to
local administrative organisations. The number of local administrative
organisations providing education increased from 164 in 2006 to 234
in 2007 while schools under their jurisdiction also increased from 981
in 2006 to 1,291 in 2007.