Developing an ASEAN Lifelong Learning Agenda (SEAMEO-UNESCO Project) page 1

ANNEX 1: TEMPLATE FOR COUNTRY PLAN

Please complete this form and submit it to SEAMEO CELLL (director@seameocelll.org) by
27 May 2016 to be considered for financial support. If your country does not need financial
support, kindly submit this form by 03 June 2016.
1 Country name: Thailand
2 Responsible institution: Planning Division of the Office of the Non-Formal and Informal
Education: ONIE, Ministry of Education
3 Contact persons name and E mail address: Roong-Aroon Omas
roongaroon2331@gmail.com
4 Provisional title of report: Direction and Trend towards LLL Promotion for the Out-ofSchool People of ASEAN Countries
5 Categories of successful lifelong learning practices (please select up to three major
categories your country would like to share as successful practice.)
PURPOSES OF LIFELONG LEARNING
Gender equality and womens empowerment through lifelong learning
Poverty reduction
Teachers and facilitators continuing professional development
Sustainable development through lifelong learning
SYSTEMS OF LIFELONG LEARNING
Financing for lifelong learning
Measures to address low participation and exclusion in lifelong learning
Linking different sectors (e.g. Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Labour) for lifelong
learning
Collaborations with private and social partners
Multiple and flexible learning pathways for children and adolescents
Recognition, validation and accreditation of nonformal and informal learning
Other approaches linking different forms of learning
Monitoring and evaluating lifelong learning policies and strategies
Research for lifelong learning (e.g. impact assessment)
SITES OF LIFELONG LEARNING
Learning and education practices bridging different sites for lifelong learning (e.g.
schools, higher education, workplaces, libraries, museums, tourist sites)
Community-based learning places and centres
Building learning environments in families, communities, cities and regions
Using distance and ICT-based lifelong learning strategies
Others:
6 Government policies and legislation (please provide a brief description of policy/
legislation which will be covered in the report and describe how national and local legislation
is passed in your country):
-National Education Act of B.E. 2542 ( 1999 ); and Amendments in B.E. 2545 ( 2002 ) and
in B.E. 2553 ( 2010 ) for the Second and Third National Education Act respectively
-Government policy declaration to the parliament in 2014; Section 4 : Education and
Learning, Religious, Art and Cultural Preservation: (4.1) Education and learning reform
foucsing on formal and alternative education to promote Thai people to have quality and

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capacities in self development able to earn a living under the key word: Learning Person, as
well as reducing educational inequality and developing workforce suitable to their living areas
7 Levels of education covered in the teaching-learning content of chosen successful
practice(s) (please describe in terms of International Standard Classification of Education
(ISCED)1 or by school education level):
From literacy to basic non-formal education (grade 12) both in basic and vocational
education
8 Age group and specific characteristics of learners in the chosen successful
practice(s):
Out-of- school aged children, workforce 15-59 divided into 2 groups, namely 15-39 and 40-59
Older persons divided into 4 groups, namely 60-69, 70-79, 80-89, and 90 above
All disadnvantaded people are given the first priority.
9 Activities planned for writing a national report (desk review, interviews, field visits):
Desk review
10 Budget (if you would like to request financial support from SEAMEO CELLL, please
provide a budget proposal):
Financial support is not required from SEAMEO CELLL
Financial support is requested from SEAMEO CELLL
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1 UNESCO Institute for Statistics .2012. International Standard Classification of Education: ISCED 2011 [online].