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Date:
1982-1986
Source:
Office of the Prime Minister, National Economic and
Social Development Board, Bangkok, Thailand
Subject:
family, communities, education
Text:
For the promotion of stronger
family and community ties, and to provide greater opportunities for individuals,
families and communities to participate effectively in all aspects of
development, the Eighth Plan proposes the following key development guidelines:
1. Development of
Learning Systems for Families and Communities.
1.1
Reform of formal and non-formal education systems.
(1) Encourage communities
to play a more active role in the management of education at all levels by
delegating relevant authority to the community. Communities will thus be
able to design curricula more relevant to their current needs and
capabilities, guided by frameworks and quality standards set by public
agencies.
(2) Ensure syllabi and
teaching materials used are appropriate to each community’s circumstances
and its members’ lifestyles. Also, encourage a sense of pride in and
loyalty to community, culture and locality, while improving knowledge and
understanding of the outside world through the learning of foreign languages
and use of computer applications.
(3) Incorporate family
education and life skills in educational curricula at all levels,
particularly secondary and tertiary. Raise teachers’ awareness of these
matters in order to ensure that they are able to communicate this
information properly and thoroughly.
(4) Encourage the diffusion
and study of local traditional wisdom, arts and culture, in order to foster
stronger community and family cohesion.
(5) Create a national
academic network with autonomous functions for the purpose of policy
formulation and implementation, involving the mobilization of inter-agency
cooperation, information exchange, expansion and development of the body of
knowledge, and disseminating new findings.
(6) Take full advantage of
the experience and diverse abilities of elderly people in the strengthening
of the family, the community and society.
1.2
Utilization of the mass media in the consolidation of families and communities.
(1) Encourage the media to
broadcast and publish high quality, creative output, which presents positive
and useful images of families and communities, for example regarding the
behaviour of good family members, responsibilities being shared within the
family and good practices in raising children.
(2) Encourage the
development of high quality, relevant and up to date media output, which is
widely accessible.
(3) Equip the Thai people
with adequate knowledge and understanding, through formal and non-formal
schooling and informal education of all types, to make rational judgements
on information and technology encountered in daily life, and so to attain a
global perspective while retaining their Thai identity.
(4) Support the right of
access to information. Disseminate knowledge of basic individual and social
rights regarding entitlement to social services, legal aid and other
information which has a direct bearing on people’s lives.
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