I would like to mention the English problem at first, From what I have seen as a Thai student and I have been learning English for 10 year in Thai school. I have to say that I’m not surprise that many of Thai students cannot speak English or can speak but not well because Thai school system doesn’t focus on usage English in daily life, they just learn to pass the exam which is emphasize on Grammatical lesson not from listening and speaking.
So, we’re aware of how bad the situation here really is if Thailand is going to be part of ASEAN but others of ASEAN nation such as Myanmar and Laos have a rank above Thailand for English proficiency.