Surin: Fixing education is the way forward in AEC
- Published: 31 May 2012 at 00.00
- Newspaper section: Business
Thailand needs to speed up improvements to its educational system and support Thai enterprises investing across Asean borders to ensure the country's preparedness for regional integration under the Asean Economic Community (AEC) in 2015.
While Thailand is not far behind other Southeast Asian nations in terms of awareness about the potential of AEC, educational preparedness has to be increased, said Asean secretary-general Surin Pitsuwan.
"English is the working language of Asean, and the Thai educational system has to prepare the younger generation to be competitive [in this area]," he said at a forum yesterday at Chulalongkorn University's Faculty of Arts.
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