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‘Limited access’ to learning retards skills
Chairith Yonpiam, Published on 16/03/2024
» Disparities in access to learning resources originating in the pre-school period are to blame for poor basic life and work skills, which accounted for about 3.3 trillion baht in economic opportunity losses in 2022, says the Equitable Education Fund (EEF).
Acute skills crisis ‘costing 20% of GDP’
Chairith Yonpiam, Published on 22/02/2024
» Thailand is facing a crisis in which reading literacy, digital and socio-emotional skills of many young people and adults are below threshold levels, according to World Bank report.
PM eyes commercial hub status
News, Poramet Tangsathaporn, Published on 03/10/2023
» Boosting the economy, chasing greater economic engagement with other countries and paving the way for a sustainable future are three of the newly installed government's top priorities, Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin said today.
Veerathai opts out of cabinet role
News, Published on 19/07/2020
» Outgoing Bank of Thailand governor Veerathai Santiprabhob has denied reports he is being considered for a new economic team as Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha prepares to shuffle his cabinet.
Prayut hints at reshuffle next month
News, Post Reporters, Published on 17/07/2020
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has revealed that a cabinet reshuffle could take place next month after Finance Minister Uttama Savanayana and three others handed in their resignation letters with immediate effect yesterday.
Nobel winner praises Thai virus fight
News, Thana Boonlert, Published on 11/07/2020
» Nobel prize-winning economist Amartya Sen yesterday told a conference that Thailand is among the developing countries with a higher level of education and urged it to go the extra mile.
Wissanu says coalition govt 'still stable'
Thana Boonlert, Published on 22/10/2019
» Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam assured members of the public that the Palang Pracharat Party (PPRP)-led coalition government is still stable, even though there are some concerns about a razor-thin margin and possible defeats on future bills.
EEF begins paying subsidies to needy students nationwide
Online Reporters, Published on 25/12/2018
» The Equitable Education Fund will on Wednesday begin transferring state subsidies to the first batch of some 400,000 students from needy families across the country.
B25bn urged annually for equality fund
News, Dumrongkiat Mala, Published on 22/03/2018
» The Equitable Education Fund needs an annual budget of 25 billion baht or 5% of the education budget for the first five years of the law's enforcement, says Prasarn Trairatvorakul, a member of the Independent Committee for Education Reform (ICER).
Graft gobbling up B200bn of state budget, survey shows
News, Post Reporters, Published on 17/02/2018
» The government has been urged to reform the way procurements are handled for state projects to ensure transparency after a new survey on corruption highlighted the government's failure to curb graft.