Publication Code: Y91B

Table of Contents

Executive Summary
1.    Introduction
2.    Overview: Structural Changes in the Economy; Labor Demand Patterns, Human Resource Development, Equity and Social Structure Consequences
2.1    Changing labor demand and employment patterns
2.2 Equity and other Social Consequences

 

3. Structure of Education: An Overview
3.1 Structure
3.2 Public Provision
3.3 Public Expenditures
3.4 Overview of Enrollment Trends and Transition Ratios

 

4. Pre-primary Education
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Research in Other Countries
4.3 Research Results in Thailand
4.4 Possible Interventions and Pilot Schemes

 

5. Primary Education
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Variations in Quality
5.3 Costs to Households
5.4 Unit Cost Estimates and Variations
5.5 Determinants of Primary School Quality
5.6 Interventions and Pilot Tests

 

6. Problems and Options in Secondary Education
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Low Enrollment Ratios
6.3 Quality Variations and Expenditure Variations
6.4 Private Provision
6.5 Demand Patterns and Explanations
6.6 The Possible Consequences
6.7 Policy Options for Secondary Education

 

7. The Transition from School to Work, and Worker Training and Up-grading
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Primary School Leavers
7.3 Transition from School to Work: Vocational Schools, and Other Programs
7.4 Post-Employment Worker Training and Up-grading
7.5 Policy Options

 

8. Higher Education
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Changing Enrollment Patterns in Higher Education
8.3 Structure of Higher Education: Effects on Lower Levels of Education and on the Pattern of Demand
8.4 Responsiveness of Higher Education: Engineering as an Example
8.5 Graduate Education and Research and Development
8.6 Possible Interventions and Options

 

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