Thailand

Total population (in thousands)	67,959 (2015)
Population aged 14 years and younger (in thousands)	12,036 (2015)
Out-of-school children	454,421 (2015)
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Access

Finding a job remains tough for stateless Chiang Rai hill tribes

Story Source: Borneo Bulletin ~ Go to Original Article Re-posted from 29 Aug 2016. Among the hill tribes of northern Chiang ...
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A mother’s determination: Building a better life through Lifelong Learning

Photo: (From Author Site URL) Date: 12 Sep 2018 | by: UNESCO Bangkok | Story Source: UNESCO ~ Go to ...
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Thailand: Construction Site Kids Fall Between Cracks

By: DUMRONGKIAT MALA, from the Bangkok Post, 30 March 2018 More than 60,000 children living on construction site camps in ...
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Children with Disabilities

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Emergency

Bridging the language divide in Thailand’s strife-torn deep south

For Ismail Jamaat, a science teacher at Tanjung primary school, going to work can feel like entering a war zone ...
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Education crisis on the Thailand-Myanmar border

Due to a lack of funds, at least fourteen schools are at risk of closing and there will soon be ...
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Looking across the river towards a better future

A pilot project for migrant children in Mae Sot is giving them greater access to Thai schools and employment opportunities ...
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Gender

Thailand: Temple of Dawn offers a beacon of hope

To many, an education and a better future are a privilege and a luxury, although exception do arise such as ...
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Gender in Thai schools: Do we grow up to be what we are taught?

While waiting to interview a teacher at one remote school in Thailand, the lunch scene reminded me of my childhood ...
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NEWSLETTER: Development and Education Programme for Daughters and Communities Centre in the Greater Mekong Sub-region

Read the Newsletter to find out more about the Development and Education Programme for Daughters and Communities Centre's (DEPDC) ongoing projects and ...
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ICT in Education

E-library a great way to improve Thai education

It's highly feasible and probably cheaper than submarines When it comes to the quality of education, the focus is understandably ...
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Thailand CCT program is now online

We are pleased to inform you that the CCT program is now online via iOS/Android and web-based platform at http://cct.thaieduforall.org/ This ...
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Thailand: :Window Tablets Give Orphaned Children The Joy of Tech and Literature

When Lily tells the story of her Heavenly Home orphanage at the Thai-Myanmar border, she doesn’t focus much on the ...
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Innovative Financing

29 edtech startups across Southeast Asia with some funding and traction

Startups that tackle problems in Southeast Asia’s education system aren’t exactly writing big headlines with multi-million dollar funding rounds, but ...
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Thai education: New system to focus on science and maths in selected schools

SCHOOLS in Thailand will soon adopt an innovative education system that will help young learners perform better in both science ...
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Shell in Thai rural education partnership

THE SHELL Company of Thailand has launched a new partnership with Mechai Pattana School that will help make a difference ...
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Learning Outcomes

Finding a job remains tough for stateless Chiang Rai hill tribes

Story Source: Borneo Bulletin ~ Go to Original Article Re-posted from 29 Aug 2016. Among the hill tribes of northern Chiang ...
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Thailand: Playing with purpose

Games give more than pleasure and entertainment. Many have been used as tools for solving social issues that cannot be ...
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Thailand: Learning idea from Japan for Thai schooling

‘school as learning community’ to be theme of ‘educa’ meet next month AN annual congress for teachers' professional development, EDUCA, ...
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Mother Tongue

Mother tongue-based education is changing lives in deep South

Story Source: The Nation ~ Go to Original Article Think back to your very first day of school. Now imagine ...
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Let’s Read! Digital Library Brings Books to Northern Thailand

Asia Foundation Powers Access to Minority Language Children’s Books Chiang Mai, Thailand, August 8, 2017 — In the mountainous regions of ...
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Thailand: Mind your language

An ensemble of traditional musicians begins to play. The treble sound of the oboe gets louder. Drum rolls accompany a ...
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Partnership

A mother’s determination: Building a better life through Lifelong Learning

Photo: (From Author Site URL) Date: 12 Sep 2018 | by: UNESCO Bangkok | Story Source: UNESCO ~ Go to ...
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University alliance in Asia aims to boost regional ties and global influence

Fifteen universities across Asia have formed a consortium in order to capitalise on the region’s economic power to facilitate intra-Asian mobility and ...
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12 Companies and MoE Thailand got together to Transform Basic Education : CONNEXT ED Programme

The Prime Minister has chaired a signing ceremony to kick off CONNEXT ED: The Leadership Program for Sustainable Education, initiated under ...
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Policy and Curriculum

Vocational, Basic Education Bodies To Link Curriculums

Story Source: Pattaya Mail ~ Go to Original Article Thailand’s commissions overseeing basic and vocational education agreed to link their ...
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How this Thai educational movement empowers rural students

Story Source: PBS News ~ Go to Original Article More and more in Thailand, rural students learn in traditional classrooms, ...
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Situation Analysis of Out-of-School Children in Nine Southeast Asian Countries

In an effort to assist the countries in Southeast Asia to develop more robust policies and programmes for out-of-school children ...
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Private Sector

12 Companies and MoE Thailand got together to Transform Basic Education : CONNEXT ED Programme

The Prime Minister has chaired a signing ceremony to kick off CONNEXT ED: The Leadership Program for Sustainable Education, initiated under ...
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