The Education Council opens a forum to discuss international educational alliances. Brainstorming to prepare for raising PISA scores to raise Thai educational standards. The Minister of Education is confident that the assessment results in 2025 will definitely be higher. Pol. Gen. Phoempoon Chidchob, Minister of Education open workshop 'Project to improve the quality and utilization of educational information On the topic of using PISA in practice: The power of data to improve education - linking PISA results with education system reform' with educational partners, with Mr.Andreas Schleicher, Director of Education and Skills Department Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Mr. Atthaphon Sangkhawasi, Secretary-General of the Education Council, Mrs. Kyongchon Kim, UNICEF representative of Thailand, Mr. Yorihisa Oneda (First Secretary of the Permanent Delegationof Japan to the OECD) and experts from OECD member countries who have been successful in improving PISA test results, came to exchange knowledge with senior executives of the Ministry of Education. Representatives from main organizations and representatives from educational agencies involved in PISA testing in all sectors, a total of 20 agencies, at the Pullman King Power Hotel, Bangkok. Pol. Gen. Permpoon said that the results of the recent PISA 2023 test show that the learning performance of Thai children has deteriorated more than in the past. There are 2 issues that are reflected: 1. We prepare learners from the level Are they ready from early childhood to primary level? And 2. How prepared are learners who pass the test in each phase to enter higher education? or the labor market As a quality human resource It affects the country's competitiveness. Therefore, I would like to help each other think and find the cause together. Why do Thai children have different learning abilities than children of the same age? Both at the global and regional levels This time, the Secretariat of the Education Council OECD organization and UNICEF Organiz e a policy forum and workshop and there are educational partner agencies supporting it. Thank you to all parties who are aware of the national agenda. Thai learners' ability to read, calculate and analyze. Concerning improving the reading, calculating, and analytical abilities of Thai learners who graduate from compulsory education. Using international standards to analyze learning achievement. Especially participating in the international standard student competency assessment project or PISA, which the Institute for the Promotion of Teaching Science and Technology (IPST) is the operator. Under the National PISA Committee and pointed out that creating a ruler to measure the performance of Thai children on the world stage is a difficult task. It requires the cooperation of all sectors, especially parents, teachers, schools, and most importantly, students, to reflect on what they learned from school and society when they graduate from secondary school. This discussion meeting brought information Findings from all sectors Let's analyze together and make changes. We believe that the results of brainstorming Guidelines for raising educational standards in Thailand or creating intensive educational efficiency Ready to be confident that students' PISA assessment results in 2025 will definitely be better. Mr. Atthaphon Sangkhawasi, Secretary-General of the Education Council, stated that the PISA assessment will focus on students' competency in using knowledge and skills in real life rather than learning according to the school curriculum. This is considered one of the important assessments that Thailand is interested in. The Ministry of Education has therefore signed a cooperation agreement to develop the quality of education with the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), with the important goal of developing the concept of using educational data and educational assessment results. at the international level to be used in planning and determining educational policies of the country Today, many successful countries have given examples to show that In the past, have you faced problems like Thai children have, but how can you improve the quality of education? This time, educational agencies related to PISA were invited to come to a meeting to exchange knowledge. in order to drive and raise the country's PISA score to a higher level than in previous years. in the past. Source: Thai News Agency