Dear Dr. Chakrapat Wata:

Greetings!

May I have the privilege of requesting some answers to my queries based on the following provisions:

Quote:

Clause 2 Criteria for testing and evaluation of knowledge of the Applicants consist of:
(1) Thai language and culture.
(2) Professional ethics.
(3) Knowledge for practicing the teaching profession under Clause 5 (a) of the Regulations Governing Professional Standards and Ethics RE. 2548 (2005).

The testing and evaluation of knowledge shall be in accordance with the details attached to this Notification.

Clause 3 Any Applicant with at least one year of experience in teaching operations and the following educational qualification shall have passed the knowledge evaluation criteria under Clause 2 (1) (2):
(1) Education degree; or
(2) Other degrees with a foreign license to practice the teaching profession or a graduate diploma in education taking at least one year of study.

Clause 4 Any Applicant with at least one year of experience in teaching operations and other degrees without either a foreign license to practice the teaching profession or a graduate diploma in education taking at least one year of study shall have passed the knowledge evaluation criteria under Clause 2 (1) (2) and (3).

Clause 5 Having passed the evaluation criteria under Clause 3 or Clause 4, the Applicant shall submit the application for a license to practice the teaching profession, together with the following supporting documents within three years:
(1) Copy of the passport or any other document showing the legally valid entry into the Kingdom;
(2) Copy of the work permit or any document showing the regular residence in Thailand;
(3) Copy of the evidence showing the educational qualifications;
(4) Copy of the foreign license to practice the teaching profession;
(5) Copy of the certificate of teaching operations;
(6) Copy of the certificate of knowledge testing and evaluation;
(7) Two 1~inch full-face front view photographs without sunglasses, taken not exceeding six months.

Clause 6 Any foreigner who is a teacher in any educational institution prior to the date of enforcement of the Teachers and Educational Personnel Council Act RE. 2546 (2003) shall submit an application for a license to practice the teaching profession within one hundred and twenty days from the date of enforcement of this Notification.

The above notification seems only for any applicants who will be qualified to go through any of the three testing and evaluation criteria, but no specific mention of license to be granted to specific types of foreign teachers. It seems that the granting of license to any foreign teacher is under the discretion of the TCT.

Based on the provision above, is my understanding of the implication correct that license is granted to the following foreign teachers who have completed:

1. 20-hour training on Thai language and culture and Professional ethics + at least one year experience + Education degree?

2. 20-hour training on Thai language and culture and Professional ethics + at least one year experience + any non-education degree + foreign teaching license?

3. 20-hour training on Thai language and culture and Professional ethics + at least one year experience + any non-education degree + graduate education diploma at least one year of study in Thailand or abroad?

Is license also to be granted to the following foreign teachers who have completed the 20-hour training on Thai Language and Culture and Professional Ethics and:

4. Experienced BA graduate with more than a year of MA education units, surely more than a diploma (Clause 4)?

5. Has been a teacher anywhere outside Thailand since before 2003 (Clause 6)?

6. Any fresh Education graduate without any experience (Clause 3)?

7. Any non-graduate (i.e. no BA) foreign teacher before 2003 who failed to submit application beyond 120 days from the date of enforcement of this notification (maybe 17th day of June 2006, Clause 6)?

Hoping to receive your due consideration to the questions above.

Sincerely,

Mr. Rolly C. Obedencio