Non-formal Education
Lifelong Learning
Thailand has long given priority to adult and non-formal education
as a means of providing lifelong learning opportunities to the outof-school
population. Initially aimed at literacy and primary levels,
non-formal education services have expanded significantly into
secondary and vocational levels. Strategies include: developing
a range of life skills through distance learning, establishing
workplace and community learning centres and promoting the
joint sharing of resources with the formal school sector.
In order to support the promotion of a lifelong learning culture
in the non-formal education sector, internet connections have
been made increasingly accessible in rural areas and system
improvements have been implemented to provide recognition
of prior learning and facilitate credit transfer.