Thailand
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This chapter takes stock of the potential practical application of the “Guiding Principles on Combatting Corruption related to Trafficking in Persons” in the context of Thailand, and explores whether the Guiding Principles effectively address the...
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Thailand’s education system stands at a crossroads. Significant investment has widened access to education and the country performs relatively well in international assessments compared with its peers.
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Thailand’s education system stands at a crossroads. As the country aims to move beyond the “middle-income trap”, it needs to build a highly skilled workforce, able to compete in the ASEAN economic community. Significant investment has widened access...
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Good information and communication technology (ICT) skills are essential for effective participation in today’s world. This chapter outlines Thailand’s ICT education policies and explores some of the reason why, despite significant investment, Thai...
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The quality of teachers and school leaders are the most important schoolrelated factors in student outcome. This chapter reviews Thailand’s teacher and principal preparation, licensing, assessment and continuing development policies and the...
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This chapter outlines the basic education system in Thailand and compares it to two groups of benchmark countries – similar middle-income southeast Asian countries and high-income Asia-Pacific ones – on five key policy areas: inputs, access,...
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Over the past several decades, Thailand has moved away from a largely agrarian society, and become a middle-income nation with a relatively diversified economy. Education played an important role in this transformation. In recent years, Thailand has...
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A well-balanced, high-quality student assessment framework yields data that can be used to improve the education system, inform teaching practices and help individual learners. This chapter describes Thailand’s extensive national standardised testing...
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Thailand has made the transition from a largely agrarian, low-income society to an upper-middle income country and now faces the challenge of achieving sustainable growth in the face of a shrinking workforce and regional competition. This chapter...
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Thailand finds itself at a crossroads. In less than a generation, it has moved from a largely agrarian low-income society to an upper middleincome country and a key contributor to the economic growth of the Southeast Asian region. At the same time,...
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A clear, coherent and relevant curriculum is at the heart of any good education system. This chapter outlines the impact of Thailand’s switch from a content-based curriculum to a modern standards-based approach in 2001 and its revision in 2008. It...
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The OECD and UNESCO review team would like to convey our sincere appreciation to the many participants who took time from their busy schedules to share their views, experience and knowledge during the review visits, which took place in June and...
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Thailand’s remarkable social and economic development since the 1970s has resulted in a steep and steady increase in energy consumption and, as a consequence, a rising dependency on imported fuels and associated exposure to international commodity prices.
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There were 2.7 million SMEs (firms with less than 200 employees) in Thailand in 2012, constituting 99.7% of all enterprises and employing 78% of the labour force, including agriculture. Most banks do not use the national SME definition. Instead, they...
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