Key test one step closer to cancellation
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published : 15 Dec 2020 at 04:00
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Permanent secretary for education Supat Champathong has ordered an impact study in the event the Ordinary National Educational Test (O-Net) were to be cancelled, amid talk of universities planning to replace it with their own tests.
Mr Supat said yesterday that he had ordered the National Institute of Educational Testing Service (NIETS) to look into the ramifications of such a cancellation as well as possible alternative tests.
O-Net measures students basic knowledge in four key subjects: mathematics, the sciences, plus English and Thai.
Mr Supat said he had discussed the cancellation with the Council of University Presidents of Thailand, which organises university admission examinations and the Office of the Basic Education Commission, which runs the curriculums for primary schools and high schools.