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Date:
1977-1981
Source:
Office of the Prime
Minister, National Economic and Social Development Board, Bangkok, Thailand
Subject:
population policy,
population education, curriculum development
Text:
1.2.2 Guidelines
for Future Work in the Population Field
(1) Matters relating to
population should be included in school curricula and should be taught during
out of school hours as well. How this should be done is elaborated in what
follows.
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It is necessary to teach
population and family planning matters in a frank and open manner in order
to prevent misunderstandings and subsequent mistakes. As such, it is thus
crucial to have properly qualified teachers who are knowledgeable in this
field. Teachers of this important subject should receive special training
in this field. Those selected for this type of training should have an
aptitude for population matters and should be persons who can disseminate
knowledge most effectively. The groups of people who should be selected as
teachers in this field include those who have taught for some time,
students in teacher training colleges, development officers, rural
leaders, district chiefs, village headmen and district doctors.
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In preparing
curricula and textbooks on this subject, it is necessary to take explicit
account of the level of knowledge of those who are to be trained. Those
responsible for these training courses should work and consult closely
with one another both in finding ways of incorporating new knowledge in
various subjects and in constantly improving the curricula and textbooks
and adapting them to the changing circumstances of the country.
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Knowledge and
information relating to population matters should be widely spread by
means of the distribution of documents to schools and offices, via the
mass media, by setting up demographic libraries and by sending officials
to personally teach and train young people and the public at large.
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The Government should
encourage extensive research into population affairs.
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Projects and
programmes in this field should be monitored and evaluated regularly.
(2) Since work in the field of
population involves activities in various sectors under the responsibility of a
large number of agencies, some improvement in the coordination of all these
activities is needed. As such it will be necessary to establish one to
formulate, coordinate and evaluate the various policies, programmes and projects
related to population matters.
(3) Work in the population
field requires adequate funding, technical know-how, and a substantial amount of
teaching materials. The Government will therefore ensure that these operations
are allocated sufficient funds from the Government budget. At the same time,
foreign aid will be requested in the form of funds and technical assistance,
including equipment and materials which are necessary for promoting activities
such as research, conducting experiments drafting of curricula, as well as
compiling and producing teaching material. During the Fourth Plan it is
estimated that about 38.21 million baht will be spent on out-of-school training
in the field of population. Government expenditure for teaching and training
people in population matters within schools cannot be stated categorically as
funds for this type of education are included in the education budget for
schooling at various levels and form part of a number of other activities in
education sector.
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