Yingluck sets lifecycle plan for everyone
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New scheme will list what people should achieve at what stage in life
The government is drawing up a lifecycle plan for people so they can identify what they need to accomplish at each stage in their life.
This is in response to Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra’s policy to help direct the new generation toward a brighter future.
“With the lifecycle plan, everybody will know what they need to do in all aspects of their life, be it in terms of education or health,” Chaiyapreuk Sereerak, secretary-general of the Vocational Education Commission, said yesterday.
Education Ministry permanent secretary Sasitara Pichaichannarong said the lifecycle plan would list the age at which people should get vaccinations and the stage at which they need to report for military conscription.
“On education, the lifecycle plan will specify the skills that children should have at a particular age and at which age they should complete their primary education,” she pointed out.
She explained that relevant ministries, including the Public Health Ministry, would come up with a list of must-do things for people and put them together for a proper lifecycle plan.
Anek Permvongseni, secretary-general for the Office of Educational Council, said Yingluck had issued many important education policies for relevant authorities to take action on.
“The most pressing one is related to preparations for the Asean Economic Community [AEC], which will be implemented in 2015,” he said.
Sasitara said Yingluck had instructed the Education Ministry to analyse results of various studies related to educational management.
“The focus will be on improving the curriculum as well as making the teaching and learning process better,” Sasitara said, adding that the premier wanted to ensure that the educational sector responded well to the needs of the labour market.
Sasitara said the Education Ministry would work closely with the private sector for the purpose of moving the country’s educational services in the same direction.
“We will also have to tackle the problem of dropouts,” she said.
According to Anek, about 2 million children aged between five and 21 are not in school or university as of now.
“This number is equivalent to one eighth of children in this age group,” Anek said.
Sasitara said Yingluck expects the Education Ministry to respond to her policies within a month.
