BANGKOK (NNT) – Thailand’s Institute of Nuclear Technology (TINT) has joined hands with the Office of Basic Education Commission (OBEC) to sign an agreement on Nuclear science and technology education promotion.
The agreement is aimed at piloting nuclear education programs at Princess Chulabhorn Colleges in a 5-year campaign, which will position the colleges as model nuclear science and technology schools.
TINT and OBEC have realized currently limited education and learning regarding radioactivity and nuclear technology at schools, due the lack of class equipment, which usually has to be imported. The TINT has recently developed a learning program by sending out teachers from the colleges to receive proper training abroad. The teachers will then pass the knowledge on to students in the new learning program.
TINT has delivered self-developed radiation monitors to the schools as a tool for learning. The institute will be providing maintenance and repair for any equipment damaged in class activities.
OBEC’s Excellence in Science Education Bureau director Phuriwat Khamaikawin said this nuclear education program will first be offered at 50 schools, before being extended to all high schools across the country.
He said 7 teachers from Princess Chulabhorn Colleges have already been nominated to receive training as part of this initiative, and that the colleges already have teachers who have received such training abroad.
