Standard Teaching License Requirements for Foreign Teachers

1. Not younger than 20 years of age

2. Have academic qualifications in one of the following:

(a) Have a degree in education or its equivalent

(b) Have a degree in another field and a teaching license from another country

(c) Have a degree in another field and a graduate diploma in teaching profession with 1 year of course study

(d) Have a degree in another field and have passed other professional certification in accordance with the professional standards of the Teachers’ Council of Thailand

3. Have continuing experience in teaching of not less than 1 year

4. Have a Thai work permit

5. Have evidence showing that an applicant has been permitted to stay in Thailand

6. Not possess any of the prohibited characteristics pursuant to section 44 of the Teachers and Educational Personnel Council Act B.E. 2003

• Having improper behavior or immorality
• Being an incompetent or quasi-incompetent person
• Having been sentenced to imprisonment in any case, in the opinion of the Teachers Council of Thailand, which may bring dishonor upon the profession.

Download documents

• Standard Teaching License Requirements for Foreign Teachers
• Form KS.01 
• Evaluation Form

Source: The Teachers’ Council of Thailand