Education Differences
Thai Higher Education: Policy &Issue
12/24/13, 1:26 PM
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Thai Higher Education: Policy &Issue
Differentiation and expansion of Higher Education Institutions within the higher education system
Currently, participation to Thai higher education has almost reached 40 percent of the age group of 18 – 22 years old. The phenomenon has put the Thai higher education at a crossroad of quantitative and qualitative dilemmas. To tackle these dilemmas, Office of the
Higher Education Commission (OHEC) tried to reposition the Thai higher education system to act in response with the emerging needs of the society and economy. The categorization of Thai higher education system had been designed to reflect strengths and aspirations of higher education institutions into four sub-systems namely: (1) research and postgraduate universities, (2) specialized including science and technology and comprehensive universities, (3) four-year universities and liberal arts colleges, and (4) community colleges.
Each sub-system would serve national priorities and strategies as well as addressing global, national, regional and local demands with the goals to enhance the country competitiveness, and to serve as prime-movers for the development of real sector workforces, manufacturing and service sectors. The long-term intended goals of the plan are for the decentralization of governance, continuing and lifelong education, social and economic productivity improvement, and right down to equipping migrant workers with requisite skills and knowledge.
(1) research and postgraduate universities
Research and postgraduate universities will focus on providing postgraduate degree programmes, especially, doctorate, and producing researches and
12/24/13, 1:26 PM
This is the html version of the file http://inter.mua.go.th/main2/files/file/Plicy&Issue/OHEC%20Policy&IssueThai%20Higher%20Education%20PolicyIssue.pdf. Google automatically generates html versions of documents as we crawl the web.
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Thai Higher Education: Policy &Issue
Differentiation and expansion of Higher Education Institutions within the higher education system
Currently, participation to Thai higher education has almost reached 40 percent of the age group of 18 – 22 years old. The phenomenon has put the Thai higher education at a crossroad of quantitative and qualitative dilemmas. To tackle these dilemmas, Office of the
Higher Education Commission (OHEC) tried to reposition the Thai higher education system to act in response with the emerging needs of the society and economy. The categorization of Thai higher education system had been designed to reflect strengths and aspirations of higher education institutions into four sub-systems namely: (1) research and postgraduate universities, (2) specialized including science and technology and comprehensive universities, (3) four-year universities and liberal arts colleges, and (4) community colleges.
Each sub-system would serve national priorities and strategies as well as addressing global, national, regional and local demands with the goals to enhance the country competitiveness, and to serve as prime-movers for the development of real sector workforces, manufacturing and service sectors. The long-term intended goals of the plan are for the decentralization of governance, continuing and lifelong education, social and economic productivity improvement, and right down to equipping migrant workers with requisite skills and knowledge.
(1) research and postgraduate universities
Research and postgraduate universities will focus on providing postgraduate degree programmes, especially, doctorate, and producing researches and