Dr. Arunee Jiramahasarn, Assistant Secretary-General of the Office of the Basic Education Commission (OBEC), revealed thatOBECand the Thairath Foundation, led by Ms. Jitsupa Watcharaphol, Co-CEO of Thairath TV and Thairath Online and a board member of the Thairath Foundation, held discussions on concretely elevating Thairath Wittaya schools nationwide into "special-characteristic schools." The key points include: 1. Strengthening leadership by ensuring every school has a principal with continuous tenure; 2. Defining specific qualifications for Thairath Wittaya school administrators; 3. Supporting teachers to achieve higher professional status and career growth; 4. Integrating collaboration between OBEC and the Thairath Foundation in academics, budgeting, project implementation,supervision and development projects,monitoring, and information systems,and 5. Buildingmorale among administrators, teachers, and educational personnel.
Dr. Arunee added that beyond these five points, the development approach for Thairath Wittaya schools shouldincludea short-, medium-, and long-term development plan. The immediate priority is to improve the quality of small schools and empower personnel by fostering morale among administrators, teachers, and educational staff. The Monitoring and Evaluation Office (MEO)will be taskedwith formulating a plan to advance all Thairath Wittaya schools into special-characteristic schools nationwide. She will then present these proposals to the MEO to expedite the development plan, which will subsequently be submittedto a meeting ofOBEC executives and the highestauthorities for approval.The process is expected to take no more than 3-6 months before the plan is implemented.
