The challenge and opportunities of thailand education due to the covid-19 pandemic: case study of Nakhon Pathom, Thailand

¹ International College, Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University, Bangkok, Thailand
² Rajamangala University of Technology Rattanakosin, Salaya, Phutthamonthon, NakhonPathom, Thailand

^* Corresponding author: yingsak.va@ssru.ac.th

Abstract

This research aims to define the challenges and opportunities and how educational staff, teacher, lecturer in Nakhon Pathom, and Thailand respond to the disruptive impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, and understand the education obstacles due to the Covid19 pandemic in Nakhon Pathom, Thailand. The information was collected by in-depth interview with 28 experienced educational staff in Nakhon Pathom, Thailand, using snowball sampling during April 2020. Scope of information on the education obstacles, the challenges, and opportunities and how educational staff, teacher, lecturer in Nakhon Pathom, and Thailand respond to the disruptive impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The data was analyzed using cause and effect analysis. The observed obstacles using the qualitative research methodology would be defined in the literature review section. The education obstacles due to the Covid19 pandemic are educational staff social impacts, educational staff working impacts, institutional responses, and support in resources. The study can be concluded that every crisis, there is always an opportunity. Perhaps, in this case, it is an opportunity for a pedagogical review. Therefore, it is expected that much educational staff will undertake the path of a necessary pedagogical renewal that favours both quality and equality. It is necessary to start from the principle of realism and generate strategies that do not rely only on a single technology, but on several to ensure that all students are taken into account or, which is equally or more critical, that technological solutions do not harm those who are already disadvantaged