Thailand, a country filled with cultural and intellectual accomplishments during its long and celebrated history, is in the midst of an educational crisis. While Thailand’s population can boast an impressive overall literacy rate of 93.5%, the next generation of young Thai students are caught in a harrowing struggle to secure an adequate education. Thailand has endured a severe decline in the literacy rates since 2005 as the number of public school drop-outs continues to rise. Due to the recent erratic economic and political problems of Thailand, many families can no longer offer a stable environment for their children and are often unable to support their education. To make matters worse, the failing school infrastructure has caused students to be pushed into overcrowded classrooms with unqualified teachers. The Thai government is the root of these problems because they are not supplying their students with the necessities they need. The Thai government must enable students to finish their education by providing more scholarships for those in need of it, reforming certain educational policies, and by allocating more funding to each school.
The government should provide more scholarships for the impoverished because the majority of the country’s destitute students are unable to matriculate through the public system and are unable to afford tuition for any universities. Thailand’s constitution guarantees 12 free years of education, with a minimum mandatory attendance of nine years. (UNICEF, 2008). With this guarantee, those in poverty are able to become somewhat literate, no matter their financial stance. Due to this, it is vital for the government to provide with scholarships to help them further their studies. About 94.2% of stu...
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...other resources, such as textbooks and computers. With the proper amount of funding given to schools, Thai students can enrich their education even more.
Offering scholarships, altering some policies, and providing schools with more funding are some ways the Thai government can help improve their education system. Offering scholarships can help students who cannot afford schooling and this will enable them to further their studies. Changing some educational policies can be useful because the policies that need the change are, in reality, hurting the students schooling. Finally, supplying schools with a sufficient amount of capital can help them afford resources that will enhance a student’s knowledge. Ultimately, these changes in the Thai educational system will improve the country’s future because those who are students today will be Thailand’s future tomorrow.
The amount of funding for education was the most difficult to determine. This education system seems to be very inefficient and the huge backlog of teacher pensions restricted the more favorable budget. Well educated students leads to a more productive economy but there are many who do not take ad...
Free higher education has several economic benefits for students and for the government. According to Thomas Mortenson from the American Council on Education, tuition has risen 230% at state universities and 164% at community colleges since 1980. Student loan debt has reached 1 trillion dollars. As stated by Scott Hines, the founder of the World Education University, “the return on investment just isn’t there.” Many students choose to drop out or skip college altogether because of the high costs. These issues will be resolved if the government funds colleges and more people will be able to graduate. Currently, the government spends billions of dollars on academic programs with very low graduation rates, around 30% (Samuels). This is because colleges spent too much money on luxuries and amenities, and as a result, they raise tuitions while the quality of instruction remains the same. If higher education were government funded and caps placed on tuitio...
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...equipped and unsupported teachers. As the old saying goes, “You get what you paid for.” Letting down these students, is ultimately affecting them and other citizens of America. International students look at America as this shining beacon of light, with endless opportunities and tools to help them succeed in life. According to University world news “enrolment growth has been driven by just two countries, China and Saudi Arabia. Since 2007, enrolments from China have grown by 186.5% while enrolments from Saudi Arabia have grown by a staggering 332.9%.” This proves that, not only are messing situations up for our students, but for other countries as well. Teachers are extremely important, and are the people who lead our future. If teachers don’t get the increase in their salary, then this affects the world because a world with no education is a world with no growth.
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