External Quality Assurance in Thailand Dr.Sutassi Smuthkochorn Advisor to the Director Office for National Education Standards and Quality Assessment (Public Organization)
AUN-QA International Seminar 31 January 2011
Establishment of ONESQA Office for National Education Standards and Quality Assessment (Public Organization)
4 November 2000
OBJECTIVES Development of the quality of the new generation of Thai people Development of the quality of the new generation of teachers Revitalizing the quality of educational institutions and learning sources Revitalizing quality of administration and management
ONESQA’s goal for Quality Assurance * Standardize
* Improve * Accredit (every 5 years)
ONESQA’s tasks To develop the standards and criteria for external assessment To provide development and training courses and certify assessors To grant certification of standards and submit annual reports to the Prime Minister
Number of Educational Institutions in Thailand (As of 2010)
Pre-schools
21,401
Primary & Secondary 32,979
ONESQA Operations 2001-2005 and 2006-2010 39,712 institutes
2011-2015 61,510 Institutes
2nd decade of Education Reform (2009-2018) - Life-long Learning with Quality - Better quality and higher standard of education - More opportunity and learning access - Involvement of all sectors in Education
VISION Quality: Morality: Creativity: Value: Benefits:
continuous quality development and drive for quality culture just, fair and transparent innovative approaches to quality assessment assessment culture confidence in the quality and standard of educational institutions
Principles for future assessment - Positive & creative Assessment
- Evaluation for Difference
Together
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- Small - Clear - Easy
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- IQA + EQA - Collaboration System - ONESQA + Institution - Partnership
- QE + QA + QI
Better
Assess to Improve - Score Increasing - Continuous Development - Improve Quality -
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Simply Together is Better
3 sets of KPI - Basic (Top down) - Identity (Bottom up)
Benchmarks - Comparative
Chain of Quality
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