Songkhla - The Education Ministry Sunday sent 100 teachers from five southern provinces to Malaysia to receive training on Islamic teaching.
Khunying Kasama Worawan, secretary-general of the Office of the Basic Education Commission, chaired a ceremony at a hotel in Hat Yai to see the teaches off to Malaysia.
They are teachers from Satun, Songkhla, Pattani, Yala and Narathiwat.
They will receive training in Malaysia from August 26 to September 8.
Kasama said the teachers would be trained to use Computer-Aided Instruction technology, computers and Internet to adapt for Islamic teaching in the five southern border provinces of Thailand.
The teachers will observe the teaching in five Islamic Teaching institutes in Malaysia, she said.
She said the 100 teachers could speak Malay dialect so they could communicate with instructors in Malaysia.
The training was part of the cooperation between the Thai-Malaysian education ministries to develop education in the deep South of Thailand. Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont has recently represented Thailand to sign the cooperation contract.
Source: nationmultimedia.com (27 AGustus 2007)