| National Literacy Goals |
| YEAR |
2005 |
2010 |
2015 |
| Total adult literacy
rate (%) |
100 |
100 |
100 |
| Female adult literacy
rate (%) |
100 |
100 |
100 |
| Male adult literacy
rate (%) |
100 |
100 |
100 |
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| Definition of a Literate Person |
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A literate person is one who can read, write and calculate, as well
as know how to solve problems through "Khit-pen" process,
which consists of information on academic knowledge, self-knowledge,
and environmental knowledge. He/she can make decisions to solve his/her
problems by considering those three areas of information.
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| Name of National Literacy Agency |
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| The Department of Non-Formal Education, Ministry of Education.
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Non-Formal Education Development Division
The responsibilities of this Division concern the development of nonformal
education curricula, textbooks and materials, specification of criteria,
quality and standard of nonformal education, overseeing and controlling
testing and evaluation system in nonformal education, as well as cooperating
with other organizations concerned and performing other duties as assigned.
Operations Promotion Division
This Division is assigned to be responsible for promoting, supporting
and developing nonformal education provision, NFE networks, NFE standard
and effectiveness, as well as coordinating and supporting the implementation
of other organizations concerned and performing other duties to be assigned.
Centre for Educational Technology
CET is responsible for development of educational technology media for
promoting and supporting formal, nonformal and informal education, dissemination
and promotion of utilization of those media, giving services on educational
technology, as well as cooperating with concerned organizations and
performing other duties as assigned.
Supervisory Unit
The functions of the Supervisory Unit concern the promotion and support
of development of nonformal education quality, cooperating with other
organizations concerned and conducting other missions to be assigned.
| "Literacy Facts and Figures" of Thailand |
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| Structure of National Literacy Agency |
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| Number of NGOs working in the field of literacy |
There are more than 135 NGOs working in the
field of literacy. These agencies have undertaken several projects
to enable about 10% of the out-of-school youth, particularly the
disadvantaged to gain access to the formal education system. |
| Number of literacy classes in most recent
year |
19,113 people in classes, 264,868 in distance
education and 5,579 in self-study. |
| Number of classroom hours designated to achieve
basic literacy |
200 hours |
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| National Policies and Strategies |
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| National Policies on Literacy /
Non-formal Education in Latest Policy Document on Education |
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The promotion of literacy has been given high priority as part
of basic education. The government has therefore set up a policy
for an extensive coverage of basic education in diverse forms
and methodologies to meet the demands of specific target groups
in order to promote and maintain the literacy rate.
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| Current Literacy / Non-formal Education
Objectives /Strategies |
| To expand educational services in order to promote
literacy for all males and females aged 14-50, by the year 2001. |
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| Lessons Learned from
Past Literacy Programmes and Activitiess |
Not only literacy skills but also knowledge
on quality of life improvement must be included in the programmes.
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