Education reform project aligns with Thailand 4.0

The cabinet has approved an education reform project aimed mainly at equipping graduates with knowledge and work skills enabling them to serve the country’s changing labour market, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said on Thursday.

The project is part of the preparations for the government’s “peopleware” campaign that aims to ensure the country has sufficient software, hardware and human resources to make the jump to “Thailand 4.0” — the next stage of development based on enhanced technology and innovation — a success, the premier wrote in a Facebook post.

Demand for skilled workers in the government’s flagship Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) scheme and other emerging businesses is a key factor driving the reform project, which is…