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Education in Thailand is provided mainly by the Thai government through the Ministry of Education from pre-school to senior high school. A free basic education to fifteen years is guaranteed by the Thai constitution. [3] This basic education comprises six years of elementary school and three years of lower secondary school.
Office of the Vocational Education Commission supervised 416 institutions all over the country for producing and developing professional manpower of the vocational certificate, diploma in technical education and Bachelor’s degree in various fields of technology and operation. There are 9 programs comprising more than 350 subject areas.
Most state schools operate under the auspices of the Office of the Basic Education Commission (OBEC), local governments, or universities, while private schools operate under the oversight of the Office of the Private Education Commission. There are 37,175 schools in Thailand providing general education as of the 2011 academic year.
It offers undergraduate programs in various fields such as engineering, industrial technology, agriculture, business administration, industrial design, architecture, fine arts, science and technology, education, mass communication technology, arts, Thai traditional medicine, and arts-related disciplines.
The word "Rajabhat" is derived from the same origin as the Hindi, "Rajput" (from Sanskrit raja-putra, "son of a king").In this sense, a "Rajabhat University" might be regarded as being analogous to the English "King's College", or "Royal Institute", or more literally as a "Prince's University" ("Rajabhat" could be considered to mean "prince").
Krirk University offers bachelor's degrees, master's degrees and doctoral degrees in Thai, Chinese and English. The university is also a regional leader in Chinese language education and in promoting Chinese culture. In 2022, it opened the Krirk University Branch of the Nishan World Centre for Confucian Studies. [3]
It is the operating body of the Higher Education Commission, which oversees the country's universities and other higher education institutions. The office was established as the Ministry of State University Affairs in 1972, operating as a sub-ministry under the Office of the Prime Minister .
The university had its beginnings when the Higher Teacher Training School at Prasarnmit was founded in 1949. Prasarnmit was the first of its kind in the country's history. In 1953, it became the College of Education, having authority to grant a bachelor's degree in Education in the subject majors taught in Thai primary and secondary schools.