On the surface, while Thailand has succeeded in raising the average amount of schooling among its labour force, the income gap remains high between the parents of collegegoing students and those of their less educated counterparts.
This is likely the result of the large disparity in the quality of basic education provided by resourcepoor versus resourcerich schools. If this hypothesis is correct, government needs to address the schooling quality issue seriously and provide a more equitable platform to give students from socioeconomically disadvantaged backgrounds a level playing field to prepare for a college education.