Education and training

With the spotlight on the modernisation of the nation’s economy and the drive to achieve Thailand 4.0, doubts over the country’s ability to achieve such lofty goals have called into question the capacity of the current educational system to support the development of its ambitions. ...

Thailand’s Ministry of Science and Technology and Ministry of Education have held a discussion on the responsibilities of the new Ministry of Higher Education to coordinate the policies of university networks. Science and Technology Minister, Dr. Suvit Maesincee, and Education Minister, Dr. Udom Chchinaorn, took ...

Thirty cents. There’s not much you can buy for $0.30 these days, but in Thailand the meagre amount multiplied by many willing people is allowing 230 children from desperately poor households to attend school.Initiated last year in the northern Thailand city of Chiang Mai, the ...

The Equitable Education Fund (EEF) is now exploring ideas on how best to engage all sectors in extending educational help to underprivileged children.At its public forum in Chiang Mai yesterday (August 15), local leader Phairat Maichompoo presented the Bt10 Chiang Mai Fund as a model. ...

Thailand will gain about 30,000 short-term jobs as the government’s Eastern Economic Corridor project ramps up, but will lose hundreds of thousands of jobs long-term unless the country improves its education system, an EEC board meeting was told.Keep reading ...

The Thailand Research Expo 2018 is being held at Centara Grand & Bangkok Convention Centre at CentralWorld until Monday (August 13), showcasing more than 600 useful studies. The organizer of this year’s Research Expo, the National Research Council of Thailand (NRCT), has been able to ...

The cabinet on Tuesday (Aug 7th) has approved the Higher Education Act. The Education Minister, Clin. Prof. Udom Kachintorn, said the approval of the Higher Education Act would lead to the establishment of the Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation. He said the National Legislative ...

Thailand must overhaul the education system, which will take up to 20 years, before the country can harvest the full benefits of its Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) investment zone, according to John D. Kasarda, chief adviser to the EEC’s “aerotropolis” project.Keep reading ...

Thailand may boycott the 2018 Programme for International Student Assessment (Pisa) this August if the test organiser refuses to allow the Education Ministry to proof-read the translated examination papers in advance.Keep reading ...

An announcement by the Ministry of Education (MoE) highlighted the plans of merging the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) with the Office of Higher Education (OHEC) to form the new Research and Higher Education Ministry.The merging of the current MOST with the OHEC, to ...