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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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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| References | ||