This is a company profile created and delivered to the Future Innovation Thailand institute discussing educational challenges in Thailand and measures Learn Education has taken to tackle those issues. Kudos to Viria Vichit-Vadakan for putting this together.

1. เทคโนโลยีกับทางออก
การศึกษาไทย

2. How might we
improve education
in Thailand?

4. WHY:
Needs
(HUMAN)
WHAT:
Solutions
(TECH)
How: Implement
& Scale
(BUSINESS)
1 2
3
Social
Innovation

7. 1 Shanghai, China
2 Singapore
3 Hong Kong, China
4 Taiwan
5 South Korea
6 Macau, China
7 Japan
8 Liechtenstein
9 Switzerland
10 Netherlands
11 Estonia
12 Finland
13 Canada
14 Poland
15 Belgium
16 Germany
17 Vietnam
18 Austria
19 Australia
20 Ireland
21 Slovenia
22 Denmark
23 New Zealand
24 Czech Republic
25 France
26 United Kingdom
27 Iceland
28 Latvia
29 Luxembourg
30 Norway
31 Portugal
32 Italy
33 Spain
34 Russia
35 Slovakia
36 United States
37 Lithuania
38 Sweden
39 Hungary
40 Croatia
41 Israel
42 Greece
43 Serbia
44 Turkey
45 Romania
46 Cyprus
47 Bulgaria
48 United Arab Emirates
49 Kazakhstan
50 Thailand
51 Chile
52 Malaysia
53 Mexico
54 Montenegro
55 Uruguay
56 Costa Rica
57 Albania
58 Brazil
59 Argentina
60 Tunisia
61 Jordan
62 Colombia
63 Qatar
64 Indonesia
65 Peru
Mathematics
50th
Challenges in Thai Education
Mathematics & Science
PISA Score Ranking*
*The Program for International
Student Assessment (PISA) 2012

8. Average
National Test Score
Math = 29.65%
Science = 38.62%
English = 25.45%
Challenges in Thai Education
National Institute of Education Testing Services (NIETS) 2015

9. Challenges in Thai Education
There are 16 million students
25%
of which are underprivileged
Over 300 thousand students
drop out of basic education system

10. teachers
• Quantity
• Quality
lack
70,000
teachers
Key Challenges
Subjects
&
Workload
Ministry of Education 2015
Learn Education Research by interviews and observations

11. Challenges with Today’s Education
Ministry of Education 2015 and Learn Education Research by interviews and observations
Large
class size
Lack of qualified
teachers
Teachers’
workload
Low parents
engagement

12. “School integration” platform that
transforms teachers and students.
Designing learning solutions for
students and teachers.

13. Students
Teachers
School
Leaders
(principals)
Community
Parents
MOE

15. Blended Learning Solution
Implementation
process & training
Digital content
adaptive books
teacher’s manual
Assessment
individual
real-time

16. 1. Content
Thai
Curriculum
Alignment
Text books
+
work books
Video Files

17. 2. Software
1:1
Platform
Pre-tests
+
Post-tests
Reports
+
Analytics

18. 3. Implementation
Lesson Planning
+
1:1 Training
Class
Observation
Teacher
Conference

19. Rapid prototyping & iteration to develop
active-based learning

20. Significant changes in the
teacher-student dynamics
observed during pilot:
Teachers have become more of
an enabler and students have
been more active and engaged
in class activities.

21. 31%
Academic performance from using Learn Education
% ONET score increase compared to national mean
2010 2012 2013 20142011
Sahavit School
SainJohn School
Maee Vittaya
School

22. Bett Asia 2015 “ Edtech Excellence Award”
Thai Social Enterprise Award 2014
Social Venture Challenge Asia 2015

23. Current 65 school partners
40 Public
60 Private

24. TECH
Self-learning
Personalize
Adaptive
Data driven
Decision-making
Communication
HUMAN
STUDENT
Active-Learning &
Critical Thinking
Teacher Training &
Career Development

25. Education Technology
Business Design

26. What social issue we are solving?
1. Lift Up Educational standard in class
Through 1:1 learning platform, high quality content and teacher’s role
2. Reduce educational gap
Through technology and innovative learning solution

27. North: Experienced unstable
climate, big family, poverty,
debt, migration to big city.
South: religion and culture
conflict zone, war zone,
poverty, and unskilled labor.
Central and Bangkok:
Industrialize, human-trafficking,
migration, density, slums areas,
drugs, and poverty.
North East: Experienced unstable
climate, generation gap, poverty,
teenage pregnancy migration,
family problems, poverty, and debt.
Country analysis overview:
Driving forces that affect societal issues
and education in each region were
identified.