Buddhism is a religion of meditation practice and follows doctrines of precept (morality), concentration (focusing the mind) and intellect (wisdom). Newly ordained monks need to study both scripture and practice to appreciate and understand the concepts of precept (morality), concentration (focusing the mind; mental discipline) and intellect (wisdom). This research has three aims: 1) to study the history of the education administration for newly ordained monks; 2) to study about the problems and the needs of newly ordained monks regarding knowledge of Buddhism; and 3) to develop a curriculum and training package for the newly ordained Buddhist monks. This research is a qualitative research. The study sample consists of fifteen people from the senior membership of the order, twenty-five newly ordained monks and sixty people from the general population. The methods used for data collection were observation and interview, as well as data collection from research documents, field study, focus groups and workshops. The research data was verified using triangulation techniques and is here presented in a descriptive analysis. The research results showed that, the history of education administration of newly ordained monks starts with Somdet Phramahasamanachao Kromphraya Vajirananavarorasa (The Supreme Patriarch of Thailand) of the Bowonniwet Vihara Temple in Bangkok. He was the founder of a new education for the monk community in the year 2435 B.E. The new form of study was called the 'Doctrine-Knower' and had three grades of Dharma-study, namely: 'the third module' (last grade), 'the second module' and 'the first module'. This became the classic basic education of the monk community. Nowadays every temple uses the 'doctrine-knower' curriculum to train newly ordained monks in the three months of the rainy period, when monks retreat to the temples for Buddhist Lent. However, newly ordained monks who adopt an ascetic life with short-term ordination before or after Buddhist Lent have not completed the 'doctrine-knower' curriculum. If they received any study, it was by using the third module of the 'doctrine-knower' books with the elder monks teaching the newly ordained monk the basics of the ten-daily routine practices of monks. The ten-daily routine activities include morning and evening prayer and meditation. Monk teachers counsel about the dharma principles (religious doctrine) and the basic religious ceremonies. For the background information of the newly ordained monks, the research concerned monks ordained from November 2553 to January 2554 in five temples of the research area, totaling one-hundred and sixty-six monks. The average age is 25-35 years. They are bachelor degree graduates and the initiation is about seven to fifteen days. The problems with the newly ordained monks centre on their Buddhist knowledge. Most of the monks who are teachers are not ready to teach because there are not enough teaching materials and they display a lack of teacher skills, an inability to make lesson plans, they have a poor psychology for teaching and they lack varied teaching techniques. Most of the temples had no education administration for newly ordained monks who were ordained in the short-term, for three, seven or fifteen days or one month. There is no short-course of study about Buddhism for newly ordained monks so they cannot accurately recite the Pali language words required to be a monk. Some of the newly ordained monks were not faithful, the result of a deterioration in morals. The people who had lost their jobs or found themselves unemployed came to ordain. Regarding the religious knowledge needs of the newly ordained monk, there are six categories: 1) they need to study the principles of monkhood; 2) they need to study principles of discipline; 3) they must study the biography of the Lord Buddha; 4) they must study the Dharma Scruples; 5) they must study basic religious ceremonies; and 6) they must gain experience and practice in religious ceremonies. The courses for curriculum development should be three tiered: 1) Basic Course: training for three days: a short course for people going into the monkhood for seven days; 2) Intermediate Course: training for seven days: a course for a person going into the monkhood for fifteen days; and 3) Long Course: training for fifteen days: a course for a person going into the monkhood for more than thirty days. Each course has different contents and time scales. Each course consists of the training package, the details of training, course topics and contents for training, purposes, time table assessment, teaching media, course evaluation, and measurements and testing. The newly ordained monk studying any of these courses would acquire knowledge and education in the scriptures and practice within the prescribed curriculum. At the end of the course the newly ordained monk would have knowledge and understanding in Buddhism and the knowledge gained can be given to point to solutions to social problems. Furthermore this study has created content for the courses including information that people should know and do before monkhood as well as during their time in the monkhood. The research developed two books to prepare people before going into the monkhood. They are named 'Preparation before Becoming a Monk' and 'Being a Good Person after Finish Time as a Monk.' In summary, newly ordained monks who have been ordained having studied one of the three courses of the short-term training curriculum will understand the main precepts of morality, concentration and wisdom. They can then bring their knowledge to point to solutions to social problems and introduce practices allowing other monks to do the same. Religion will prosper, humanity in society will be in peace and the country will be peaceful because the high level of meditation will return. © EuroJournals Publishing, Inc. 2011.