Woravat happy with new Cabinet seat
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Education Minister Woravat Auapinyakul said yesterday that Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra's decision to make him a PM's Office Minister did not surprise him.
“In the new position, I will be in charge of the budgets. I had told the premier before she gave me the education minister’s job that I would help her take care of budgeting because I am experienced in that field.
“I am pleased with the new job, because it is crucial to linking up many different administrative levels,” he said, adding that he would help improve flaws in the system.
Woravat also said his successor, Suchart Thadathamrongvej, would be able to continue with his projects, especially since they had worked together before.
Asked if he was worried about some of his projects getting halted, Woravat said he had no such concerns because the projects he had initiated were based on Pheu Thai Party’s policies and that Suchart would be able to take them over.
He said the party’s three main educational policies include developing knowledge to boost Thai competitiveness, implementing technology for education and boosting communication skills in a foreign language.
Woravat added that he wanted Suchart to focus on upgrading competitiveness in order to help Thais survive once the Asean Economic Community kicks off in 2015.
