National Education Scheme to be unveiled today
The government will this afternoon unveil its newly approved National Education Scheme covering the next 19 years.
Education Council secretary-general Kamol Rodklai said Deputy Prime Minister Air Chief Marshal Prajin Juntong would preside at a press conference at Impact Arena in Muang Thong Thani at which the plan for 2017-2036 will be formally unveiled.
The Cabinet approved the scheme on March 14.
Kamol said its intent is to ensure that all Thais receive an education and to encourage “good-quality life-long learning” in line with the government’s advocacy of a self-sufficiency economy.
Education Minister Teerakiat Jareonsettasin will outline the plan for school reform and a strategy to achieve an “innovation-driven economy” under the Thailand 4.0 policy, Kamol said, with the event
broadcast live on TV Channel 11.
Also planned is a seminar in which Kamol, permanent secretaries Chaiyapruek Serirak of Education and Soranit Silatham of Science and Technology and Rangsit University vice president Anusorn Tamajai will discuss the scheme.
Kamol said the Education Council will coordinate efforts to achieve the scheme’s four main objectives – developing a system for efficient, good-quality education management, producing good citizens with skills and capabilities in line with national needs, creating a virtuous and united society that aspires to sustainable growth, and overcoming the “middle-income trap” while reducing social inequity.
The scheme comprises four five-year phrases of implementation beginning with 2017-2021.