Source: Thailand Education Statistics Reports (2002-2006), OEC
A 15-year policy has been formulated to prepare local
administration organisations to assume responsibility for provision of
education. Issues addressed in the policy include: equal opportunity
in basic education; administrative systems; teachers and educational
personnel; and quality and standards commensurate with the
readiness and suitability of local administration organisations as
well as requirements of the local areas.
Except for the municipalities, most local administration
organisations have not had experience in the provision of education,
the Ministry of Education set criteria and methods to assess their
readiness. In addition, the concurrence of administrators, teachers,
educational personnel and boards of the basic education institutions
that will be transferred was also included, in January 2006, as
a special condition in the Ministerial Rule on the criteria and
procedures for assessing such readiness.