Without a proper vision from the government and the determination to carry it out, education in Thailand is in danger of stagnating even more.

In her policy statement to Parliament on September 12, Thailand’s newly appointed Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra said, “Thai education still has several qualitative obstacles and is unable to produce a workforce which meets the needs of the new economy.” Yet, in a highly anticipated speech on his vision for Thailand in late August, former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra outlined a packed list of initiatives but had remarkably little to say about education.

The sad truth is that educational quality in the kingdom has fallen victim to politics. Without demonstrating political will for educational reform, including supporting a badly needed overhaul of the curriculum and furthering the capability of local schools, improving Thai education remains an insurmountable challenge.

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