Deputy Minister of Education is concerned about unemployment in ThailandThe Deputy Minister of Education, Mr. Warakorn Samkoset, says he is worried about the unemployment situation in Thailand because the growth rate of the economy is only at four percent.

He says political uncertainty can affect the behaviours of consumers and investors. As a result, many people have been spending more carefully while waiting for the general election to arrive at the end of this year. He says if the government can assure public members that the general election will definitely be held soon, the economy would likely improve.

Mr. Warakorn says the undergraduate study in Thailand will also have to be improved in the next five years because in the past ten years, a number education institutes in Thailand have been focusing on the quantity of graduates rather than their quality and skills.

As a result, graduates with bachelor degrees have been working in jobs that require high vocational certificates, while the ones with high vocational certificates have turned to work in jobs requiring standard vocational certificates.

Consequently, people with standard vocational certificates would be unemployed. Mr. Warakorn says education instates have to be prepared of this problem.

Source: Thai National News Bureau Public Relations Department - 20 April 2007

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