More than sixty percent of Thailand's population is under 19 years of age, making education one of the kingdom's major current concerns. A standard curriculum is customarily taught for six (compulsory) years of primary education and six years of secondary education; either in private or government schools.
All Thai children are required to attend school between the ages of 7 and 14. Teacher-pupil ratios in primary and secondary schools range from 1:18 in the north to 1:21 in the northeast.
Thailand has two education channels: the academic, preparingchildren for universities, and the vocational, preparing children for the adult skilled labour market.
Higher education is given in institutions classified as
a) state/national universities and private education institutes;
b) technical/vocational agricultural and teacher training colleges;
c) specialized / professional training institutions such as nursing colleges and military academies;and
d) international institutes such as Bangkok‘s Asian Insititute of Tcchnology which offcrs post- gradu atc cducation in spccializcd skills such as Agricultural Enginccring and Coniputcr Applications.
Thailand has l6 national univcrsitics, 19 privatc univcrsitics, and 36 tcachcr training collcgcs.
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