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.
Pupils in public and private junior secondary schools which are regarded as meeting "international standards" will learn English with local teachers who graduated in English.
Maths and science classes will also be taught in English.
The ministry also plans to hire retired English instructors from the US to teach pupils in senior secondary schools. US authorities have agreed to invite retired teachers to work in Thailand, he said.
Mr Chinnaworn met the directors to launch a new education policy for the 2011 fiscal year. The minister said pushing English as the country's second official language was high on the agenda.
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