Schools survive
Created two years ago, the Kangjan model is a system that was designed to solve the problem of student shortages in four small public schools in tambon Hat-Kampee of Loei’s Pak Chom district. The system is now being hailed a big success.
Read the following story from the Bangkok Post to learn more about this innovative idea.
The Kangjan model was initiated two years ago in a joint effort by the school’s directors, the chief of the Loei Primary Education Service Area Office 1, local officials and residents.
The system aims to prevent the consolidation of small schools which the Education Ministry has been pushing aggressively during its latest round of education reforms. Under the reforms, small schools with fewer than 120 students are to be shut down and consolidated into a single school in an effort to improve the quality of education.
INNOVATIVE IDEA
Under the Kangjan model, administrators agreed not to consolidate the four small schools in Loei. Instead, they had each school take responsibility for teaching two grades. All students from each age group at the four schools now study together as a single group.
SUCCESSFUL SCHOOLING
There are currently more than 14,000 schools with less than 120 pupils across the country. About 6,000 of them are to be consolidated into roughly 2,000 schools.
The four schools in Loei, where the Kangjan model was implemented, are Ban Hat-Kampee School, Ban Pak Mang Huai Thap Chang School, Ban Na Mo School, and Ban Khok Wao School. They are located in the same district, not far from each other.
The schools currently provide quality education from kindergarten level to Pratom 6.