Driving Education Policy to Create Social Justice Under Educational Decentralization
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Education is an important foundation for national development, and the Thai government recognizes this importance by guaranteeing the right to education in the Constitution of the Kingdom of Thailand, B.E. 2560 (2017), Section 54." Currently, the Ministry of Education has regulations regarding the topic "Determining the criteria and methods for decentralizing administration and education" B.E. 2550 (2007), by virtue of Section 5 and Section 39 of the National Education Act B.E. 2542 (1999), additional amendments (No.2) B.E. 2545 (2002). In practice, the law regarding decentralization of education has not been truly decentralized, especially educational decentralization in various localities with geographic limitations, obstacles, and problems vary. The government still needs to correct, improve, and develop policies that are consistent with the local context by increasing the management power of students in each locality and reducing the power of command from the central government, which causes injustice in the current education system.
Therefore, driving education policy with local decentralization can be regarded as the starting point of reducing educational inequality and bringing about an education system that can create social justice for the sustainability of Thailand's education system.
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ผลงานที่ได้รับการตีพิมพ์ถือเป็นลิขสิทธิ์ของมหาวิทยาลัยหอการค้าไทย ห้ามมิให้นำเนื้อหา ทัศนะ หรือข้อคิดเห็นใด ๆ ของผลงานไปทำซ้ำ ดัดแปลง หรือเผยแพร่ ไม่ว่าทั้งหมดหรือบางส่วนโดยไม่ได้รับอนุญาตเป็นลายลักษณ์อักษรจากมหาวิทยาลัยหอการค้าไทยก่อน
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