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 out- of-school population. Initially aimed at literacy and primary levels, nonformal 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 centers 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