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Govt planning vocational training boost
News, Dumrongkiat Mala, Published on 26/11/2019
» The Education Ministry is planning a massive overhaul of vocational and technical courses to improve the quality of graduates and encourage more students to train for specific careers.
Air filters for schools as city haze worsens
News, Dumrongkiat Mala, Published on 02/10/2019
» The Ministry of Education will deliver the first batch of air purifiers to 37 state schools in Bangkok and its vicinity within next two weeks, as part of the government's latest bid to combat the rising levels of ultra-fine PM2.5 pollutants blanketing the city.
Ovec targets trade, general student parity in 5 years
News, Dumrongkiat Mala, Published on 15/04/2019
» The Office of the Vocational Education Commission (Ovec) is optimistic that it will reach its goal of having an equal ratio of vocational students to general studies students within five years.
Ovec to help plug EEC gap
News, Dumrongkiat Mala, Published on 02/11/2018
» The Office of the Vocational Education Commission (Ovec) will this month sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the London-based education company Pearson, to implement BTEC programmes -- a vocational curriculum used in the UK -- for Thai students to feed demand for high-skilled workers in the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC).
Ovec eyes robotics skills boost
News, Dumrongkiat Mala, Published on 25/10/2018
» The Office of the Vocational Education Commission (Ovec) has launched a project called "Bring the Factory to Technical Colleges" to upgrade vocational skills in robotics and mechatronics.
Education Ministry 'cleaning up own nest' with 50 graft cases
News, Dumrongkiat Mala, Published on 04/10/2018
» Heads are finally set to roll at the Ministry of Education as the cabinet has decided to transfer three senior officials amid a probe into alleged malfeasance in relation to the construction of an aquarium and marine research centre in southern Songkhla province.
Experts to boost vocational training
News, Dumrongkiat Mala, Published on 26/09/2018
» The Office of the Vocational Education Commission (Ovec) plans to invite 500 experts who work in 10 industries targeted under the Thailand 4.0 policy to become special instructors at 900 vocational colleges nationwide.
Ratio of trade to academic students improves, Ovec says
News, Dumrongkiat Mala, Published on 10/09/2018
» The Office of the Vocational Education Commission (Ovec) expects to hit its target of having a 50:50 ratio between vocational and general academic high school students by 2022, 10 years earlier than forecast.
Govt seeks to close the great class divide
News, Dumrongkiat Mala, Published on 07/01/2018
» The Education Ministry came up with several strategies to improve the learning experiences for students at all levels last year. However, education analysts and research organisations have found a wide range of issues in the system, which they hope to fix within 2018.