The Thai educational administration has
been governed by its central authority for over a
century. This type of ministry administration
gradually has had a lot of impacts on Thai society
and its educational management, including “the
centralized budget system”, “delayed working
process”, and “inadequate school autonomy”
(Sirittarangsri, 1998). The solutions to these
problems demanded the return of power to the
people and led to the enactment of the first National
Education Act in 1999 to ensure public participation
in education in order to successfully bring the
education plan into practice.