Thailand School Autonomy and Accountability : SABER Country Report 2012

Education in the Thailand is highly decentralized. While education policy is the sole responsibility of the Ministry of education, school boards are responsible for delivery. The entire organization of the school system is based on checks and balances to ensure accountability. Budgetary autonomy is established. The school board controls the school budget, with input from parents. Personnel management is established. Salaries are relatively fixed by civil service rules at the primary school level, but completely negotiable at the secondary school level. The school board controls the hiring and firing of teachers and principals. Participation of parents in school governance is established. There is an accountability system comprised of different supervisory institutions where parents are formally represented. School autonomy and accountability are key components to ensure education quality. The transfer of core managerial responsibilities to schools promotes local accountability, helps reflect local priorities, values, and needs, and gives teachers the opportunity to establish a personal commitment to students and their parents. There are five indicators of school autonomy and accountability that can help benchmark an education system's policies that enable school autonomy and accountability: school autonomy in budget planning and approval; school autonomy in personnel management; the participation of the school council in school finance; the assessment of school and student performance; and school accountability to stakeholders. This report focuses specifically on policies in the area of school autonomy and accountability.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Working Paper biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ACHIEVEMENT, BASIC EDUCATION, CIVIL SERVICE, CURRICULA, EDUCATION DECENTRALIZATION, EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS, EDUCATION POLICIES, EDUCATION POLICY, EDUCATION QUALITY, EDUCATION REFORMS, EDUCATION SECTOR, EDUCATION STANDARDS, EDUCATION SYSTEM, EDUCATION SYSTEMS, EDUCATIONAL EXPENDITURES, EDUCATIONAL PERFORMANCE, EDUCATIONAL SERVICE, EDUCATIONAL TESTING, EDUCATIONAL TESTING SERVICE, EXAMS, FINANCIAL AUDITS, GRADUATE STUDIES, GROSS ENROLLMENT, GROSS ENROLLMENT RATE, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, LEARNING, LEARNING OUTCOMES, LEARNING SOCIETY, LEVEL OF EDUCATION, MANUALS, MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, NATIONAL EDUCATION, NATIONAL EDUCATION STANDARDS, NEW ENTRANTS, PARENT PARTICIPATION, PEDAGOGICAL PRACTICES, PRIMARY EDUCATION, PRIMARY SCHOOL, PRINTING, PUBLIC EXPENDITURE, PUBLIC EXPENDITURE ON EDUCATION, PUBLIC SCHOOLS, QUALITY ASSESSMENT, QUALITY OF EDUCATION, RETENTION OF TEACHERS, SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION, SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS, SCHOOL AUTONOMY, SCHOOL BOARDS, SCHOOL COUNCIL, SCHOOL COUNCILS, SCHOOL FINANCE, SCHOOL FLOW, SCHOOL LEVEL, SCHOOL MANAGEMENT, SCHOOL OPERATIONS, SCHOOL PERFORMANCE, SCHOOL PERSONNEL, SCHOOL PRINCIPALS, SCHOOL QUALITY, SCHOOL SYSTEM, SCHOOL SYSTEMS, SCHOOLS, SCHOOLS WITH STUDENTS, SCIENCE STUDY, SECONDARY EDUCATION, SECONDARY SCHOOL, SECONDARY SCHOOLS, STANDARDIZED TESTS, STUDENT ASSESSMENT, STUDENT ASSESSMENTS, STUDENT LEARNING, STUDENT PERFORMANCE, SUBJECT AREAS, TEACHER, TEACHER INCENTIVES, TEACHER MANAGEMENT, TEACHER QUALITY, TEACHER SALARIES, TEACHER SELECTION, TEACHER TRAINING, TEACHERS, TEACHING, TEACHING STAFF, TECHNICAL EDUCATION, TENURE, TEST SCORES, UNIVERSAL COMPLETION, UNIVERSITY DEGREE, VOCATIONAL EDUCATION, YOUTH,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/01/20141869/saber-school-autonomy-accountability-country-report-thailand-2012 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20184
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