“Lifelong Learning Education Policy in Thailand” By Dr ：“博士，在泰国“终身学习的教育政策.ppt

At the 2nd International Conference on Lifelong Learning for All 2014 11th September, 2014 at 10.44-12.15 hours Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand “Lifelong Learning : Education Policy in Thailand”By Dr. Chaiyos Imsuwan,  Inspector-General, Ministry of Education, Thailand First, lifelong leaning in its global and regional context. Second, the significance and importance of lifelong learning in Thailand, and the strategies which have been adopted to give it practical effect. comments about the future of lifelong learning and the way forward post-2015 What is lifelong learning? The phenomenon of globalization Sociological and technological change The role and significance of lifelong learning Human resources are invaluable assets for social and economic development, and to compete in the global community. Concept of lifelong learning in late 1960’s Lifelong learning encompasses learning at all ages and subsumes formal, non-formal and informal learning. The Fauré Report Learning to Be (UNESCO, 1972). Lifelong learning needs to be the keystone for education policies. Learning: the Treasure Within, the Delors Report (UNESCO, 1996). Lifelong learning implies the acquisition of knowledge, skills and values throughout life, a continuous process of learning to know, to do, to live together and to be (the “four pillars” of education). The 1997 Hamburg Declaration on Adult Learning viewed literacy as a “catalyst for participation in social, cultural, political and economic activities, and for learning throughout life”. Lifelong learning has long been an important educational policy and part of Thailand’s National Education Act. In 1999, the Act mandated “lifelong education for all” as the basic guiding principle and the goal of the education system. The Act stipulated that formal, non-formal and informal education must be intertwined to create an ability to develop the quality of life on a lifelo