Thailand: Exam foreign language change upsets teachers

[Francis Hult]

Bangkok Post

 

Exam foreign language change upsets teachers

 

Foreign language teachers are upset about proposed criteria for the 2010 university entrance exam, which excludes foreign languages other than English from the test. They demanded the Council of University Rectors rethink the criteria it proposed on Feb 16, or else they would mobilise high school and university students on the street to protest. 

 

The call came at a meeting of academics and 150 experts in French, German, Chinese and Japanese languages. 

 

Former culture minister Khunying Khaisri Sri-aroon said the council could not explain such a big and backwards step. 

 

The council claimed that testing students in other foreign languages would lead to problems as exam organisers would have to draw up 17 different language test papers. The teachers say that stand is selfish and unacceptable. 

 

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http://www.bangkokpost.com/News/02Mar2008_news05.php

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