Thailand’s policy to improve the status of the teaching profession is underway and many
important steps, such as teacher licensing, evaluation of teachers, lengthening pre-service
teacher training and increasing the compensation of teachers, should lead to quality
improvements in teaching. However, these steps will not take full effect until the shortage of
teachers and administrative staff is addressed. By ignoring both, Thailand risks a widening gap
between urban areas and disadvantaged rural areas. Changes in policy will require additional
resources and political leadership. In order for Thailand to strengthen the efforts of education
reform, consensus building based on empirical research is also necessary.
As it has become a middle income country, Thailand faces new development challenges. It
needs a well educated, trainable population. It is now difficult for Thailand to compete with
Vietnam, Cambodia and Bangladesh in sectors dependent on low end cheap labour. Thailand
also faces increasing competition from other rapidly developing Asian countries such as
China, India and Malaysia.
Conclusions and
Policy Implications
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Given such increased competition, Thailand must carefully examine the East Asian success
model of growth with equity. Success in expanding and improving secondary education
was a key to the economic success NICs such as Republic of Korea and Singapore. Thus, it
is imperative that Thailand improve the quality and comprehensiveness of its secondary
education system as articulated in its education reform policy and reflected in the NEA of
1999. This means that the improvement of secondary education and the teachers providing it
must become a major national priority in the years ahead. This is essential if Thailand is to have
the human resources needed for an increasingly knowledge-based economy.
Thailand’s policy to improve the status of the teaching profession is underway and manyimportant steps, such as teacher licensing, evaluation of teachers, lengthening pre-serviceteacher training and increasing the compensation of teachers, should lead to qualityimprovements in teaching. However, these steps will not take full effect until the shortage ofteachers and administrative staff is addressed. By ignoring both, Thailand risks a widening gapbetween urban areas and disadvantaged rural areas. Changes in policy will require additionalresources and political leadership. In order for Thailand to strengthen the efforts of educationreform, consensus building based on empirical research is also necessary.As it has become a middle income country, Thailand faces new development challenges. Itneeds a well educated, trainable population. It is now difficult for Thailand to compete withVietnam, Cambodia and Bangladesh in sectors dependent on low end cheap labour. Thailandalso faces increasing competition from other rapidly developing Asian countries such asChina, India and Malaysia. Conclusions andPolicy Implications45Given such increased competition, Thailand must carefully examine the East Asian successmodel of growth with equity. Success in expanding and improving secondary educationwas a key to the economic success NICs such as Republic of Korea and Singapore. Thus, itis imperative that Thailand improve the quality and comprehensiveness of its secondaryeducation system as articulated in its education reform policy and reflected in the NEA of1999. This means that the improvement of secondary education and the teachers providing itmust become a major national priority in the years ahead. This is essential if Thailand is to havethe human resources needed for an increasingly knowledge-based economy.
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