{"id":18656,"date":"2019-07-21T08:28:29","date_gmt":"2019-07-21T08:28:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.englishforums.com\/news\/?p=18656"},"modified":"2019-07-21T08:28:29","modified_gmt":"2019-07-21T08:28:29","slug":"thailand-government-universities-tech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/thailand-government-universities-tech\/","title":{"rendered":"Thailand government states universities should focus on better technological development"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Recently, the Thailand Minister of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation Suvit Maesincee, has expressed his opinion that <\/span><b>higher education institutions in the country should focus more on boosting technological development.<\/b><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">According to Mr. Suvit, universities and colleges in <\/span><b>Thailand should keep up with modern tendencies and improve their electronic equipment<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, so students can benefit from the latest developments in technology for education.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Technology is <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.englishforums.com\/news\/technology-takes-over-higher-education\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">taking over<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> educational systems worldwide, and Mr. Suvit has explained that <\/span><b>in order to provide quality education, universities in the country should update their digital tools.<\/b><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Thailand and modern technology<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In his recent statements, Mr. Suvit has emphasized that <\/span><b>modern education is evolving fast, and students in Thailand now get access to many online higher education courses.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Because of this trend, many of the higher education institutions in the country are left with fewer students than their capacity.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In addition, <\/span><b>the birth rate in the country has been falling <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/thailand\/birth_rate.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>steadily<\/b><\/a><b> for the past several decades,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> which means that there are significantly fewer students to fill in higher education spots.\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In order to battle these factors, Mr. Suvit has advised universities in <\/span><b>Thailand to focus on developing a technology-centric curriculum<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, which will be more attractive to international students as well.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Another focus for higher education institutions should be to provide additional courses for people who have already graduated and are on the labor market. According to Mr. Suvit, courses on <\/span><b>digital tools and technology could benefit not only future students but also people who have already graduated.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Overall, a significant boost in Thailand\u2019s technology education will be beneficial for several age groups, and not only for future students.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently, the Thailand Minister of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation Suvit Maesincee, has expressed his opinion that higher education institutions in the country should focus more on boosting technological development. 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