Part II.pdf - MTB-MLE Network

Education factors:
• There is no special curriculum for hilltribes.
Economic factors:
• There is a high level of poverty
among the hilltribes, and
the government budget is limited.
Technology factor:
• There are transportation difficulties
in bringing technology to hilltribe
communities.
Concerning weaknesses, important factors
include the following:
Personnel:
• The teachers have inadequate knowledge and experience in teaching, are overloaded
with tasks in comparison with teachers from other departments, receive inadequate training
on NFE and related topics, and often have low morale and motivation. In addition, due
to high teacher turnover and difficulty in finding new teachers, there is a discontinuity
of education.
• Unsuitable administrators are assigned to the tasks or areas, they are ignorant of education
for hilltribes, having different personal policies, inadequate understanding of philosophy,
principles, goals and approach of hilltribe education, and they are not proactive.
• Local supervisor have an inadequate salary so that they cannot work effectively.
• Children often have no nationality. It is difficult to diversify learning activities due to
differentiation of learners, i.e. children and adult; there are few learners who can pass
all the requirements of the curriculum.
Education quality:
• No concrete and standard indicators exist, thus preventing the implementation of education
activities for achieving such indicators.
• Learning materials are inadequate.
Education management:
• Resources are inadequate or not available.
• Due to inadequate public relations to show the value of education, and discontinuity of
supervision and monitoring, learners, local people and related persons cannot get
a real understanding of education services.
• Data on hilltribes is unclear.
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