• General Ecclesiastical Schools
General Ecclesiastical Schools in various
Buddhist temples offer general education at lower and upper
secondary education levels to novices and monks in curricula
equivalent to those provided by the Office of the Basic Education
Commission. Apart from general subjects, the curricula include
learning units related to religious practice, Buddhist doctrine and
Pali Language.
• Buddhist Universities
Currently, there are 2 Buddhist universities
situated in Bangkok providing higher education for monks, novices
and also laymen.
Undergraduate courses, at Mahamakutrajaviddhayalaya
University, are offered in the faculties of Religion
and Philosophy, Humanities, Social Sciences, and Education.
Mahachulalongkornrajaviddhayalaya University
provides courses at the bachelor degree level in the faculties of
Buddhism, Humanities, Social Sciences, and Education. Master’s
and doctoral degrees are also provided in the Faculties of Buddhism
and Philosophy. Since the year 2000, interested foreigners can also
apply for international master degree programmes in Buddhist
Studies and Philosophy.
• Informal Religious Education
Buddhist Sunday Schools offer instruction to
laymen in Buddhism as well as general education. These schools
offer religious instruction at the preparatory, basic, intermediate,
and advanced levels.
2) Educational Provision by Islamic Religious
Institutions
Islamic religious institutions play a major role in
providing formal, non-formal and informal education for Muslim
children throughout the country, especially in the three southern
border provinces of Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat.