Education is one of the most
important things for children in Thailand. Until now, there are still many
parents who do not care about the education of their children. Although the
government has provided adequate facilities to provide International School Bangkok for children to get an
education, there are still those who don’t heed it. Therefore, the government
uses it as a background for character education in Thailand today.
Apart from the low level of
awareness of education, the majority of people in Thailand also lack moral and
ethical education for this nation’s generation. Character education carried out
by the government aims to provide education to students so that they can
develop their character and character appropriately.
Law as a Character Education Background
In the Law that discusses education in Thailand, there is a
law that discusses national education as one of the character education
backgrounds currently being applied, namely the National Education Objective
Formulation Number 20 article 3 which discusses the national education system.
In this article, which is used as a background for character education, it is
explained that national education is used as a forum for developing
capabilities and forming a dignified character and civilization in the intellectual
life of the nation. Then it also aims to develop the potential of students to
become noble, faithful, knowledgeable, creative, independent, responsible, and
democratic children.
In addition, education is also believed to be a forum that
can build students ‘intelligence and can be a place to build students’
personalities in a better direction. If seen, in ancient times, character
education was not given much attention because in ancient times, children have
learned and understood about morals and ethics from parents or elders in the
area where they live. However, due to the development of the times, this has
increasingly been eliminated and today’s children are more taught about
technological progress. Because of the large amount of information that comes
in without a filter beforehand, children easily imitate what they see, for
example promiscuity and drugs. Therefore, the government makes this problem as
a background for character education in official schools.
