Adapted from Bangkok Post editorial on Friday September 4, 2015
The Education Ministry's decision to cut class hours in state schools is a move in the right direction. But this policy alone cannot bring significant
significant
Meaning: important
Thai Translation: สำคัญ
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changes to the distressing state of the education system.
Rote learning, authoritarian school culture, a highly centralised education system & frequent policy changes and policy U-turns, are all problems that the Thai education system suffers from and that future education reform has to address.