Challenges and Strategies for Vocational Education Management in Thailand : An In-depth Analysis
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This study aimed to pinpoint the actual problems in vocational education management in Thailand. The data were collected from 18 school administrators and 300 students under vocational education institutions that were established as Center of Vocational Manpower Networking Management (CVM) across the country. Qualitative research was mainly employed. Suggestions from open-ended quantitative questions were synthesized to solve problems. The findings revealed that the main problem was the lack of constant policy implementation, causing a poor budget allocation for planned projects. Moreover, teachers and educational personnel were not ready to achieve the goals even though cooperation was asked from the establishments in developing the curriculum and support in terms of training instruments. Therefore, the potential and practical recommendations include the development of teacher potential in vocational education institutions. Then, cooperation with business establishments should be formed to support student training to meet the needs of the labor market and encourage the public sector to participate in developing mechanisms and driving the vocational education development approach to achieve tangible outcomes.
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306 หมู่ 5 ถนนมิตรภาพ หนองคาย-อุดรธานี ตำบลโพธิ์ชัย อำเภอเมืองหนองคาย จังหวัดหนองคาย 43000
โทร 0-4241-1445,0-4241-1447
ISSN : 3027-6861 (print) ISSN : 3027-687X (online)
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