<p>The Ordinary National Education Test (ONET) results this year are as disappointing as in previous years.&nbsp; Almost as disappointing as the wilful ignorance that produced the tests and the sadly misinformed comments on them in the media.</p> <p>Let us take the Prathom 6 English test as an example. For kids who have in all likelihood been taking multiple-choice tests since pre-kindergarten, it starts by helpfully showing them how to answer this kind of question:</p> <p>‘Directions: Choose the correct answer.</p> <p>‘Example</p> <p>‘Item 0: Which province is in the south of Thailand?</p>

<p>Well it didn’t take long for the other shoe to fall.</p> <p>The recent Ordinary National Educational Test (O-Net) in Thai language contained what could have been a bolt from the blue for the Thai schooling system.&nbsp; Instead it turned out to be a bolt that ever more firmly fixes Thai education into authoritarian irrelevance.</p>

<p><strong><em>&ldquo;F&rdquo; for the explanations of ridiculous O-NET questions</em></strong></p> <p>This year&rsquo;s <a href="http://asiancorrespondent.com/76877/76664/thai-education-part-1-ridiculous-o-net-questions/">ridiculous O-NET exam questions</a> caused much kerfuffle which had the executives of the National Institute of Educational Testing Service (NIETS) come out to give their yearly explanation for their ridiculous exam questions.</p>