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Thailand. Building a skilled workforce: Public discourses on vocational education in Thailand

We argue that there are five key policy themes in building a vocational skilled workforce: (1) the dedication of the government in increasing the quantity of vocational skilled workforce, (2) encouraging collaboration between vocational colleges and industries, (3) fostering a greater role for private vocational providers, (4) promoting a positive reputation for vocational education, and (5) maintaining the continuity of policy implementation.
https://journals.sub.uni-hamburg.de/hup2/ijrvet/article/view/372

Thailand. Approaches and Structures of Work-related Learning in TVET in Thailand

There are needs for didactical development and scientific research in vocational pedagogies in Thailand. To enhance quality of TVET and for further development of TVET-systems, it is necessary to continuously exchange knowledge between scientists and practitioners from different countries and to do research in TVET especially on Work-related Learning.
http://www.tvet-online.asia/issue/13/phalasoon-et-al

Thailand’s vocational training and upward mobility: Impact Heterogeneity and Policy Implications

This paper provides the first impact evaluation of vocational training in Thailand. We find that vocational training fails to move participants upward both in terms of earning and employment. However, training participation is found to increase expenditures in the short and medium term but these positive impacts vanish when we strictly confine counterfactuals or allow for the endogeneity of the decision to attend the programme.
https://www.merit.unu.edu/publications/working-papers/abstract/?id=8008

New skills at work: Managing skills challenges in ASEAN-5

Whether ASEAN-5 can grow to be significant players in the global economy will depend critically on their abilities to train workers with relevant job skills required by growth-driving industries. This challenge requires governments and employers to work together and develop coherent policies and targeted incentive structures for workers to acquire general and job-specific skills.
https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soe_research/1891/

Journal. TVET@Asia, Issue 8, January 2017

TVET Quality Improvement Initiatives in the Wake of ASEAN Economic Community 2015 
Realigning SD goals for Industry and TVET Training Programs: A Crucial Undertaking
Brunei TVET Transformation: The Development of the Institute of Brunei Technical Education’s two Key Surveys
The Corporate Image Building Programme of TVET Institutions in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
The Effect of Personal Traits on Entrepreneurship Intention of Students at Tourism Vocational High Schools in Bandung
A Study on the Use of Feedback to Improve Assessment of Life Skills in Mechanical Engineering Course
Solutions for the improvement of regional TVET quality in the wake of ASEAN Economic Community (AEC)
Localization of TVET Governance in Korea
A Model of Technical and Vocational Teacher Education at Bachelor’s Degree Level and its Relevance to the Occupational Tasks of TVET Teachers in the OIC Member States
Moving Across the Middle Income Trap (MIT) Border through Human Capacity Building. Thailand 4.0 – Industry 4.0 Emerging Challenges for Vocational Education and Training
http://www.tvet-online.asia/issue/8

Asia. Is there a size-induced market failure in skills training?

A skilled and educated workforce can support the competitiveness of enterprises of all sizes. However, smaller firms may face greater challenges in developing human capital. We explore differences between smaller and larger firms in offering skills training and in hiring workers with more formal education.
https://www.adb.org/sites/default/files/publication/197546/adbi-wp598.pdf

East Asia. The Wage Returns to On-the-Job Training: Evidence from Matched Employer-Employee Data

Skills shortages and skill mismatch are a pressing concern for policymakers in several developing countries, and in East Asia specifically. Providing on-the-job training can be an effective policy tool to shape the skills of the existent workforce to the specific needs of the firms. This paper explores a unique data set of matched employer-employee data for Malaysia and Thailand to estimate the wage return to on-the-job training in these two countries. Exploring propensity score matching estimates, we show that the average wage returns to on-the-job training are 7.7% for Malaysia and 4.5% for Thailand. Furthermore, we find evidence that the wage returns to on-the-job training are higher for males than for females in Malaysia and that, for both countries, returns are higher for workers with at least secondary education.
http://ftp.iza.org/dp8314.pdf

A literature review: the role of the private sector in the production of nurses in India, Kenya, South Africa and Thailand

Strategies must be devised to ensure that private nursing graduates serve public health needs of their populations. There must be policy coherence between producing nurses for export and ensuring sufficient supply to meet domestic needs, in particular in under-served areas. This study points to the need for further research in particular assessing the contributions made by the private sector to nurse production, and to examine the variance in quality of nurses produced.
http://www.human-resources-health.com/content/pdf/1478-4491-11-14.pdf

Reorienting TVET Policy Towards Education for Sustainable Development

The only way forward is through reorienting TVET policy towards Education for Sustainable Development (ESD), promoting it in all parts of education, reorienting the curriculum to integrate ESD, building the capacity of teachers, developing learning resources and multi-stakeholder partnership, and monitoring, evaluation and research. “Think globally and act locally” is a slogan which should be used for the future work of the participants to ensure a successful introduction of ESD in the society.
http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0019/001917/191744e.pdf (37.75mb)

Asia-Pacific Region. The impact of economic crisis on higher education

The case studies concurred that the impact of the global economic crisis on higher education was not as severe as anticipated. In some countries, public investment on education has increased as a result of various stimulus packages. This, in part, can be attributed to the countries’ recognition of higher education’s potential contribution to economic growth.
http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0021/002171/217144e.pdf

Thailand. Secondary Teacher Policy Research in Asia

The knowledge and skills needed for Thailand to succeed is changing. There is demand for reform of the traditional teaching-learning process and supportive policies for teachers are needed to provide an environment conducive for improving access to quality education. Thailand strives to increase both the quality of existing education services and to expand education to reach universal secondary education.
http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0021/002151/215102e.pdf

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