Sukavich Rangsitpol
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สุขวิช รังสิตพล
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Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand | |
In office 25 October 1994 – 11 December 1994 | |
Prime Minister | Chuan Leekpai |
Minister of Education | |
In office 25 November 1996 – 8 November 1997 | |
Prime Minister | Chavalit Yongchaiyudh |
In office 13 July 1995 – 24 November 1996 | |
Prime Minister | Banharn Silpa-archa |
In office 25 November 1996 – 14 August 1997 | |
Prime Minister | Chavalit Yongchaiyudh |
Personal details | |
Born | (1935-12-05) December 5, 1935 (age 88) Bangkok, Thailand |
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Spouse |
Pewpong Narongdej (m. 1964) |
Children | 3 |
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Sukavich Rangsitpol (Thai: สุขวิช รังสิตพล RTGS: Sukkhawit Rangsitphon; born 5 December 1935) is a Thai education reformer Senator[1]business executive and politician. He served as deputy prime minister (1994, 1996–97) and minister of education (1995–97) of Thailand.[2]
Rangsitpol is best known as Thailand’s ❝ Education Minister ❞ .With the involvement of almost 700000 educators, parents, and business and community leaders, he led Thailand to reform Education in 1995 , which is considered one of the most comprehensive and successful education reform packages in Thailand.[3]
According to John Cogan (Professor of Education, University of Minnesota, USA) and Derricott, Ray (Director, Centre for Continuing Education, University of Liverpool) · 2014 in Citizenship for the 21st Century: An International Perspective on Education, ❝ His Excellency Rangsitpol saw education as the instrument for human development, creating peace for mankind and national security .❞
In 1995, the minister of education,
Rangsitpol laid out his plans for education in Thailand with the goals of the education reform is to realize the potential of Thai people to develop themselves for a better quality of life and to develop the nation for a peaceful co-existence in the global community.
[5] The reform was a landmark movement after nearly 100 years of education under the present system. [6]
Rangsitpol completed a bachelor's degree in political science at Thammasat University in 1960 and the Management Development Program of Asian Institute of Management, Manila in 1976.
He started working for Caltex Oil Thailand in 1961,He finally served as chairman and managing director of that company during the early 1990s.[7]
Rangsitpol was Senator in 1987 [8] National Legislative Assembly in 1991,[9] and Senator Thai Senate in 1992.
Between 1993 and 1994 he was the governor of the Expressway and Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (ETA).[10] and also President of Mass Transit Authority of Thailand [11]
As the governor he launched a master plan for Traffic jam on Bangkok metropolis while of but he also build The Bang Na Expresswayand
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In 1994, Rangsitpol served as deputy prime minister in Chuan Leekpai's cabinet.[13] Together with Chamlong Srimuang and transport minister Vichit Surapongchai he formed a team to tackle Bangkok's traffic problems.[14] This conflict ‘s team was the reason Bangkok has dual mass transit system because BTS Skytrain’Srimuang Project and MRT (Bangkok)’s Rangsitpol Project.
Rangsitpol later join the New Aspirations Party before1995 Thai general election and became the party secretary.After the election he served as minister of education in Banharn Silpa-archa ,when he layouts his plan for education in Thailand. [15]
Thailand 1995 Education Reform for all 'Human rights education '
In July 1995 ,Rangsitpol became Education Minister he later realized that education reform is the most importance thing in Thailand during the Globalization era .The situation were 4.35 millions children age between 3 and 17 years olds from poor agricultural families were not accepted at Government Education Institute. The situation have had continued for more than 20 years.[16] Results in 77 % of Thai work force had only primary education or no education at all.
Rangsitpol as Minister of Education launched education reforms for All Thai Children (Human rights education) by December 1995. The goal was to enhance the quality of education from 1995 to achieve educational excellence by 2007.[17][18]
Existing operational approaches have been revised and amended with the view to mitigating or eliminating problems and enhancing the quality of education until educational excellence is achieved in the year 2007. Since December 1995, activities have been conducted in four main areas:
· School reform. Efforts have been stepped up to standardize the quality of education in all levels and types of schools and educational institutions. Educational coverage has been expanded.
· Teacher reform. Training and recruitment of teachers have been reformed urgently and comprehensively both in public and private schools. Educational administrators and personnel have been developed continuously.
· Curriculum reform. Curriculum and teaching-learning processes have been reformed on an urgent basis in order to raise educational quality of all types and levels.
· Administrative reform. Through devolution, educational institutions have been empowered to make administrative decisions and to offer appropriate educational services which are as consistent as possible with the local lifestyle and conditions. Provincial organizations have been strengthened to facilitate devolution while private participation of the family and community have been promoted and supported.
According to UNESCO, education reform in 1996 has led to the following results:
1)12 year Free education for all children ,This policy was also included in the Eighth Social and Economic Development Plan and later was add in 1997 Constitution.
2)Professional advancement from teacherlevel 6 to teacher level 7 without having to submit academic work for consideration was approved by the Thai government.
3)Since 1996, first grade students have been taught English as a second or foreign language and computer literacy.
4)Professional advancement from teacher level 6 to teacher level 7 without having to submit academic work for consideration was approved by the Thai government.
5)The educational budget increased from 133 billion baht in 1996 to 163 billion baht in 1997 (22.5% increase)
6)There were about 20000 Schools under reform project in 1996.They have to repair their schools facility and improve environment. [20][21] They also encouraged the local community to be involved in school administration and development. [22]
Rangsitpol Inaugural address and key statement,
At the very beginning, the crucial element to be considered for education reform is the management system. The administrative power, in particular, has to be shifted to local authorities, and local participation in the school management is essentially encouraged. We cannot deny that people who know more about the educational needs of local people are those who work and live within that community.
Thailand has implemented School-based management (SBM) policy in 1997 to overcoming a profound crisis in the education system.[24]
Establish effective Provincial Education Councils with strong community membership. The purpose of decentralization is to ensure that local education needs are met, there should be a close relationship between community representatives and officials . Thus, decentralization will require a careful balance between the guidance of community selected representatives and government officials. To representing local needs and priorities[25]
World Bank report that after the 1997 Asian financial crisis Income in the northeast, the poorest part of Thailand, has risen by 46 percent from 1998 to 2006.[26] Nationwide poverty fell from 21.3 to 11.3 percent.
He was elected to the House of Representatives in 1996, representing Bangkok's 13th constituency. After New Aspiration's electoral victory, Sukavich again was a deputy prime minister in Chavalit Yongchaiyudh's cabinet in addition to his post as Minister of Education. Moreover, he served as Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO).
Rangsitpol became the Opposition in the House of Representatives after the Prime minister resigned in November 1997. . [27]
Rangsitpol together with his daughter (Thita Rangsitpol Manitkul) won 2001 Thai general election
When in 2002, the New Aspirations Party merged into the Thai Rak Thai Party of the new prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, Rangsitpol followed this path, but his daughter Thita Rangsitpol Manitkul did not and joined the opposition party [28]
The result was a landslide victory for the Thai Rak Thai party.[29].He became president of Industrial Committee [30] military coup on 19 September 2006
On the evening of 19 September 2006, while Thailand Priminister was visiting New York City to attend a UN summit and speak at the Council on Foreign Relations, the army took control of Bangkok. Rangsitpol was overthrown in a military coup on 19 September 2006.On 30 May 2007 Thai Rak Thai Party was dissolved by the Constitutional Tribunal, which banned 111 of its executives, including Rangsitpol,from politics for five years, based on charges that two party executives (Defense Minister Thammarak and Pongsak Raktapongpaisarn) bribed a smaller party to stand in the April 2006 election. Cite error: A<ref>
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Following the death of his mother, Rangsitpol entered a monkhood at Wat in Northern Thailand for several years, as is customary for Buddhist males on the death of elder relatives.[31]
100 millions Baht incident The 100 millions Baths was the donation for Phramongkutklao Hospital ( Prime minister project for king birthday in 1996) [32]
Computer Incedent
Rangsitpol was accused by Arkhom Engchuan, a Democrat Party (Thailand)‘s Congressman from Krabi province in 1999 (two year after he left office). He responded to the accusations with a defamation lawsuit against Mr.Arkhom who acting as a deputy minister during the accusations’s period. The court hearings also cleared the former education minister of any wrongdoing. Cite error: A<ref>
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Thailand has implemented School-based management (SBM) policy in 1997 to overcoming a profound crisis in the education system.[33]
Rangsitpol Inaugural address and key statement,
At the very beginning, the crucial element to be considered for education reform is the management system. The administrative power, in particular, has to be shifted to local authorities, and local participation in the school management is essentially encouraged. We cannot deny that people who know more about the educational needs of local people are those who work and live within that community.
School-based management (SBM) in Thailand began in 1997 in the course of a reform aimed at overcoming a profound crisis in the education system.
Establish effective Provincial Education Councils with strong community membership. The purpose of decentralization is to ensure that local education needs are met, there should be a close relationship between community representatives and officials . Thus, decentralization will require a careful balance between the guidance of community selected representatives and government officials. To representing local needs and priorities[37]
Rangsitpol’s Human Rights Education Reform /Danaitangtrakul’s LGBTQS incident The proposal that had never been approved .It was against his education for all policies. [38]
On 26 December 1996, in a report in the Bangkok Post, the Rajabat Institute Council, the collective governing body of all of Thailand's colleges, declared that it would bar homosexuals from enrolling in any of its teacher training schools, the idea of Deputy Education Minister Suraporn Danaitangtrakul. The announcement was strongly criticised by human rights groups and many others, who urged the repeal of the policy. On 25 January 1997, Danaitangtrakul proposed that the Institute set new criteria to bar people with "improper personalities", but not specific groups such as homosexuals
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* I strongly believe that, as a citizen of the world, any person has the right to learn
- and should be entitled to have access to education according to their competency and needs.
- It is essential that the government provide educational services that respond to the people’s needs.
- Education, therefore, has to be organized in such a way that people from all walks of life can participate in educational activities at levels and times of their preference.
- With regard to the learning society, as I mentioned earlier, optimistically, people from all walks of life should be able to have equal access to education according to their needs and potentials.
- All sort of boundaries, be their gender, age, socio-economic status, physical or mental disabilities have to be eliminated.
In conclusion the sources for the articles were Bangkok Post .The only English Newspaper in Thailand. Thailand real problem until today is Journalist that is why we cannot get the corruption prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra whose Wikipedia page is too good to be true.There were many protests against the former Prime Minister and there are the reasons why he is in exiled.While the following incidents ,if it is true this politician would have been in jail or in exile .
1)The 100 millions Baht hospital donation incident, Tom Wingfield (2002). Edmund Terence Gomez (ed.). Democratization and economic crisis in Thailand. Political Business in East Asia. Routledge. p. 269. The ETA governor, Sukavich Rangsitphon, was later appointed deputy prime minister under the New Aspiration Party's quota and became the party's Secretary General in 1995 after allegedly agreeing to contribute Bt100 million to the party's campaign fund for the next general election. When Chavalit became prime minister in 1996.
2)computer incident
Rangsitpol served as education minister in 1996 , his Education reform policies was accused of the purchase over priced computers for schools in 1999. [39] Rangsitpol won the defamation lawsuit against the politician who accused him."All Quiet on Western Front". Bangkok Post. 28 February 2002.</ref>
3)LGBTQ Rights Incident
* All sort of boundaries, be their gender, age, socio-economic status, physical or mental disabilities have to be eliminated.
Rangsitpol’s Speech three month before the Deputy Ministry ‘s Proposal ,the Proposal that have never been approved seem to be more important in his biography that the fact that his human rights education reform policies has lifted millions of poor Thai out of poverty during the turn of the century (2000s)[40]
4)The 1997 vote confidence were the proof that the educationist who is the recipient of the rewards between 1997-1998 should not be .Because they against Rangsitpol ‘s education reform that was practice between 1995-1998 during the time of the rewards.
5)The 1999 Education Act that Thailand has been announced 23 years ago by the Thai educationist who against all Rangsitpol ideas including 2 educationist who got UNESCO Awards.Dr.Prawes Wasee and Dr.Wichit Srisa-an.
The rankings of Thai education has been on the decline since 1999 [42]
6) 6 October 1976 massacre happened because of Thai Journalists.
"DEFAMATION: Thai Politician lawsuit 'not anti-media'"
His Excellency Mr. Sukavich Rangsitpol Minister of Education,Thailand (1995 -1997) laid out his plans for education in Thailand.
I strongly believe that, as a citizen of the world, any person has the right to learn.
and should be entitled to have access to education according to their competency and needs.
It is essential that the government provide educational services that respond to the people’s needs
Education, therefore, has to be organized in such a way that people from all walks of life can participate in educational activities at levels and times of their preference.
With regard to the learning society, as I mentioned earlier, optimistically, people from all walks of life should be able to have equal access to education according to their needs and potentials.
All sort of boundaries, be their gender, age, socio-economic status, physical or mental disabilities have to be eliminated.
The minister of education, Sukavich Rangsitpol , launched a series of education reforms in 1995 . I
The main aim of Education Reform is to enhance the quality of education from 1996 until educational excellence is achieved by the year 2007.
The goal of the Education reform is to realize the potential of Thai people to develop themselves for a better quality of life and to develop the nation for a peaceful co-existence in the global community.
The objective of Education reform is to create learning individual, organization, and society. An educated person or the authentic learning outcome should possess the following abilities and characteristics which are based on Thai cultural heritage and appropriate level of education: good physical and mental health, critical thinking, intellectual inquisitiveness, professionalism, sense of responsibility, honesty, self-sacrifice, perseverance, team spirit, adherence to democracy, and love for king, country, and religion.
At the very beginning, the crucial element to be considered for education reform is the management system. The administrative power, in particular, has to be shifted to local authorities, and local participation in the school management is essentially encouraged. We cannot deny that people who know more about the educational needs of local people are those who work and live within that community.
Thailand then implemented School-based management (SBM) policy in 1997 in order overcoming a profound crisis in the education system.[46]
Establish effective Provincial Education Councils with strong community membership.The purpose of decentralization is to ensure that local education needs are met, there should be a close relationship between community representatives and officials . Thus, decentralization will require a careful balance between the guidance of community selected representatives and government officials.To representing local needs and priorities[47]
According to UNESCO, Thailand Education for AllEducation reform 1995 has led to the following results:
World Bank report that after the 1997 Asian financial crisis Income in the northeast, the poorest part of Thailand , has risen by 46 percent from 1998 to 2006.[49] Nationwide poverty fell from 21.3 to 11.3 percent. [50]
[56] 1992 Thai Senate,[57] a member of National Legislative Assembly in 1991[58]
The list of national honours received by Sukavich Rangsitpol has been arranged as per the Thai honours order of precedence.
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