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Wednesday , August 13 , 2008

Academic Olympics : Equip intelligent people for the good of the country

Posted by Kriengsak , Reader : 2505 , 16:51:27 | Category : Society

Picture from - http://www.cps.k12.il.us/images/ao_logo.gif To our delight, some of our Thai students recently brought fame to the country by winning medals at the Academic Olympics in many new fields, namely Chemistry, Biology, and Physics, while in the Rescue Robot section of the Competition, Thai students have been the World Championship winners for the past three consecutive years. Nevertheless, winning medals will not be the country’s crowning accomplishment. What we really need is for these students to receive good support toward the fullest development of their potential so that their abilities can be harnessed for Thailand’s long-term development. Hence, the government should map out the way for these students to reach their full potential, giving them an opportunity to use all their potential in order to help develop the country. What the government proposes is: Utilize long term support measures The government should set measures in place to support this special group of students across the long term period. It is not just scholarships that they need in order to complete doctoral degrees, but a strategic vision is also necessary for the way ahead, so that specific advantageous gain can be made for the country according to their abilities. Thus, clear parameters can be specified for them, such as their fields of study and their research topics. These should be related to national development and enable them to make practical applications. Clear support measures will be vital for them after graduation, regulating such areas as work organization, work position, work tools, and work reward and motivation systems. It is also important to have an open working system toward making changes and improvements or in order to create new things. This is unlike the old system in which it was hard for a new generation of workers to do something different in an organization. Eventually they became bored with the old system and would quit their jobs, feeling this employment beneath their abilities. Establish a volunteer mentality to bring advantages to a country Excellent Academic Olympic winners who are overseas graduates mostly choose to pay their government back financially, and will typically work for the private sector, particularly in foreign countries where they can earn more money. This is the result of investing in the development of excellent students for the Academic Olympics. However, the country is unable to earn benefit from them fully, as the process in developing these students should have a greater goal than just developing them to excellent standards in academic knowledge. It should go together with building up a volunteer mentality where these students are willing to make sacrifices for others and where they are also inspired to use their potential for the sake of the country, rather than for their own survival. Our country has no need for medals of accomplishment that will result only in temporary satisfaction, but Thailand needs excellent Thai students who truly desire to give their country the leading edge.

Picture from - http://www.cps.k12.il.us/images/ao_logo.gif

To our delight, some of our Thai students recently brought fame to the country by winning medals at the Academic Olympics in many new fields, namely Chemistry, Biology, and Physics, while in the Rescue Robot section of the Competition, Thai students have been the World Championship winners for the past three consecutive years.

Nevertheless, winning medals will not be the country’s crowning accomplishment. What we really need is for these students to receive good support toward the fullest development of their potential so that their abilities can be harnessed for Thailand’s long-term development. Hence, the government should map out the way for these students to reach their full potential, giving them an opportunity to use all their potential in order to help develop the country. What the government proposes is:

Utilize long term support measures The government should set measures in place to support this special group of students across the long term period. It is not just scholarships that they need in order to complete doctoral degrees, but a strategic vision is also necessary for the way ahead, so that specific advantageous gain can be made for the country according to their abilities. Thus, clear parameters can be specified for them, such as their fields of study and their research topics. These should be related to national development and enable them to make practical applications. Clear support measures will be vital for them after graduation, regulating such areas as work organization, work position, work tools, and work reward and motivation systems. It is also important to have an open working system toward making changes and improvements or in order to create new things. This is unlike the old system in which it was hard for a new generation of workers to do something different in an organization. Eventually they became bored with the old system and would quit their jobs, feeling this employment beneath their abilities.

Establish a volunteer mentality to bring advantages to a country Excellent Academic Olympic winners who are overseas graduates mostly choose to pay their government back financially, and will typically work for the private sector, particularly in foreign countries where they can earn more money. This is the result of investing in the development of excellent students for the Academic Olympics. However, the country is unable to earn benefit from them fully, as the process in developing these students should have a greater goal than just developing them to excellent standards in academic knowledge. It should go together with building up a volunteer mentality where these students are willing to make sacrifices for others and where they are also inspired to use their potential for the sake of the country, rather than for their own survival.

Our country has no need for medals of accomplishment that will result only in temporary satisfaction, but Thailand needs excellent Thai students who truly desire to give their country the leading edge.

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Kriengsak date : 18/08/2008 time : 17.03
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Thank you for all good comments krub.

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wch date : 14/08/2008 time : 11.32

In any country, the first 2 % of high schoolers are genius. A country must provide them with SPECIAL CORRIDOR through which they stride and succeed.
That is the genius school system including the state graduate schools and various R&D centers including defence technology center.

Thailand must be ready to suppy a PhD student with 5 million dollars, fully equipped, exclusive LAB facility, only to one single PhD student !.

If not, Thailand will lose out from the global competition and stay in the thrid tier, colony state.

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Tammy date : 14/08/2008 time : 10.55
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Hi Kreingsak, I agree with you. There should be the continueous support and long term development plan for these students.

The long term development plan should be applied for the olympic athletes, technician students and genious children as well.

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