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Published on September 12, 2007

Chulalongkorn University's deputy dean for academic affairs, Assistant Professor Ratachart Mongkolnawin, said he had uncovered the extent of these problems while investigating an education plan under a project initiated by HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn last year.

In a nationwide survey, he found most schools had very little in the way of complementary activities for learning science.

Many teachers were not teaching the subjects in which they had graduated, with some taking two or three different subjects each day, Ratachart said.

Compounding the problem, he said, was the fact that fewer teachers were graduating in science these days, resulting in a diminishing of real knowledge in that area in primary and secondary schools.

Ratachart urged educators to solve the problem as primary and secondary education provided the basic foundations for children to go on to higher education.

The Nation