A part of Successfulness of SPSS after five years of EIS implementation

         After five years of implementing English for Integrated Studies  (EIS) approach in the content areas of Mathematics, Science, Computer and English subjects on the New Basic Thai Curriculum 2001 at SPSS, Rayong Province, Thailand, it not only marks a drastic effects in the English achievement (NT/O-Net) but mathematics and science achievement (NT/O-Net)  were also improved. Approximately 80% of the first group of EIS students who finished secondary 6 (2007) passed the university entrance examination, and almost of the second group who finished secondary 6 this curriculum year(2008) passed the Burapha University entrance examination. More ever an EIS student got renowned scholarship from Asia's examination to study in Nanyang University, Singapore. This was an amazing result because was never happen before. These effects resulted to a positive out-look in the part of our parents and to the community in general. Through the implementation of EIS, students and teachers can now use English not only in both communicating and base in studying any subject contents but also apply EIS approach in interaction. As a result, there is a great improvement on teachers’ English skills on their job and attitudes individually. The NESTs now use English as a medium of instruction in any classroom activity similar from that of foreign teachers. 

Otherwise SPSS encourage border-less co-curriculum activity to enhance EIS strategy for opened opportunity both teachers and students.  The initiative SPSS has made twinning program with Ngee Ann Secondary School (NASS: http://www.ngeeannsec.moe.edu.sg) of Singapore on 2004. The deepness relationship of both schools in educational cultural exchange was well known in Singapore. (See at: http://www.challenge.gov.sg/archives/2007_11/coverstory.html)  More ever in the year 2004, SPSS and High school Attach to CNU of Beijing (http://www.cnuschool.org) has signed in memory of understanding (MOU) as Sister School to exchange both teachers and students for educational collaboration. The results made the teachers, students and their parents more attitudes in EIS curriculum development. A part of EIS successfulness made SPSS to accept from famous schools in Beijing, such as the Beijing Ritan High School (http://rtzx.bjchyedu.cn/index.php) and Beijing No.17 Middle School(http://www.bj17z.com/) to extend the EIS idea and sign agreement with Sister School for educational collaboration on October,2008. (see at http://school.obec.go.th/sunthonphu)  More ever the EIS Project has extended to the other schools in Thailand (http://www.youtube.com/user/ngamsomeis) or (http://www.obec.go.th/new/show_news.php?article_id=3606) and then more than 150 famous schools collaborate to establish the EIS  association and  union of EIS school network of Thailand. More ever they have collaborated network with ELTC- ETeMS, Malaysia.(), School of Science and Technology(SST), Singapore (http://www.sst.edu.sg/) , Integrated International Education Consortium (I2EC) at Texas, USA, and others.