US retirees, graduates lured to teach English
The Education Ministry is pushing ahead with its proposal to make English Thailand's second official language.
The plan calls for English classes in about a third of 3,000 public and private schools nationwide to be taught by native speakers or local teachers who have graduated with a major in English.
Education Minister Chinnaworn Boonyakiat announced details of the plan at a meeting with directors of education service area offices from 225 zones nationwide in Bangkok yesterday.
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- Writer: Sirikul Bunnag
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