GPSC–OBEC joined hands to leverage Thai education system via “Teachers Development in New Normal Learning” online program by launching intensive training program for primary school teachers at 16 schools nationwide. The training program highlighting new academic curriculum S.T.E.M are established to handle the abreast technology and innovation. By joining the training program, teaching professionals are equipped with ability to design the effective and appropriated teaching lessons for students and able to transfer the training hours as credits in the evaluation report for career promotion in accordance to OTEPC regulations.

Mr. Narongchai Visutrachai, Senior Vice President Government Relations & Public Affairs of Global Power Synergy Public Company Limited or GPSC, the innovative power flagship of PTT Group revealed that the successful integrated program “Teachers Development in New Normal Learning” is the collaboration amongst government agencies, educational institutions, and private sectors in establishing framework for New Normal academic development. The program involves primary education teachers and educational personals in sixteen schools under the directive of the Office of Basic Education Commission (OBEC) and the directive of Department of Local Administration (DLA) where GPSC has provided support via the training program and this program will be continuously implemented in the schools.

Implemented by OBEC and GPSC, the educational initiative is conducted to leverage teachers and educational professionals’ standard through science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, recognized as S.T.E.M. The curriculum supported and certified by OBEC enables teachers to design their academic lessons through learning media via various online platforms instead of traditional lessons at schools. The online classes are focused on teachers to pass on their lessons through first-handed experiences in compliance with OBEC curriculum instead of theory. The teaching professionals joining the training program are awarded with certificates and participation evaluation report from GPSC and OBEC. The hourly training attendance can be transferred as credits for promotion in accordance to regulations established by the Office of the Teacher Civil Service and Educational Personnel Commission (OTEPC).

The trained teachers and educational personals are prompted to engage skills in activities design and creative thinking to build up new academic lessons in place of the traditional learning for students under the current circumstance. The training program has encouraged teachers in the capacity of being national leaders in education to apply knowledge foundation and diverse skills to serve their duty amid the creative innovation era where “learners are in focus” as well as provide new skills and learning experiences for youngsters to comprehend the lessons thoroughly.

“GPSC values the development in skills and educational quality for Thai youth by involving new academic systems integrated with multidisciplinary to increase capacity of teachers and educational professionals via such program. The initiative aims to strengthen teaching career and eventually leads to the unlimited knowledge development, assisting teachers to design the appropriated and learning-oriented curriculum for students located in the individual learning context and environment”, concluded Mr. Narongchai.

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