Will poor schooling hold Thailand in the middle- income trap?

POLITICS, says Narongchai Akrasanee, is holding the Thailand economy back, but a more deep-seated, underlying problem is the nation’s education system. Narongchai, a former Thai Commerce Minister and well-known economist on the international stage, says that between 10 million and 15 million Thais are not fully employed because Thailand’s education system is not able to produce the workers required by industry. And stop-gap solutions, such as companies filling staff needs by establishing their own education centres, will not solve the long-term problems of the country. He also worries that political fighting will break out again . . .