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Literacy Rate 94.2%
Illiterate Population 2.5 millions
1995 figures estimated by UNESCO in 1998.


Primary Level

Courses of Basic Experiences
(190 issues)
Courses of Additional Experiences
(60 issues)
Basic 1 (100 issues)
Quality of Life Promotion
Vocational Courses
Thai Language Skill
Thai Language (20 issues)
Basic 2 (50 issues)
Quality of Life Promotion
Thai Language Skill
Mathematics Skill
Mathematics (20 issues)
Basic 3 (30 issues)
Local Vocation
Thai Language Skill
Mathematics Skill
Quality of Life Promotion 1-5
(20 issues)
Basic 4 (10 issues)
Group Assignment
Assessment of Project Operation
- Industry
- Agriculture
- Home Economics
- Commerce
- Handicraft
- Art
Foreign Language 20 (40 issues) - Elective Course
- English 1 (20 issues)
- English 2 (20 issues)
Vocational Skills 30 (60 issues)


Lower Secondary Level

Requirement Courses
(4 subjects)
Elective Courses
(6 subjects)
Thai Language Thai Language 1
Mathematics Mathematics 1 and 2
Quality of Life Promotion Quality of Life Promotion 1-5
(1 subject)
World of Work
Foreign Language
English 1 and 2
Science 1 and 2
Vocation 1
Vocation 2
Vocation 3


Upper Secondary Level

Requirement Courses
(5 subjects)
Elective Courses
(3 subjects or more)
Thai Language 1
Thai Language 2
- Thai Language for Quality of Life Improvement
Social Sciences 1
Social Sciences 2
- Society and Life
Health
Science 3
- Science and Technology for Quality of Life Improvement
Science 1 and 2 (to select from courses below)
- Science 1 (Biology)
- Science 2 (Physics, Chemistry, Biology)
Mathematics
Basic Vocation (to select from courses below)
- Trade and Industry
- Agriculture
- Home Economics
- Commerce
- Handicrafts
- Art Education
Foreign Language
- English for Quality of Life Improvement
- English for Further Studies
- Intensive English
- French
- German
- Japanese
- Arabic
- Pali
Basic Religious Education
Vocational Studies
- Visions for Vocational Development
- English for Further Studies
- Related Fundamental Skills
- Vocational Upgrade
- Exploration for Vocational Opportunities
- Skill Training for Specific Vocation
- Basic Knowledge of Vocation
- Supplementary Vocation
- Village Health Volunteer
- Sub-District Committee Development


* Adopted by the Department of Non-formal Education (DNFE), Ministry of Education in 1999.

"Literacy Campaign Primer," Basic Level, Non-Formal Education Department (NFED), Ministry of Education, 1982.




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