Thailand almost Last in Global Education Assessment Ranking

Thailand scored badly, with 1.46, and had only three countries below it in the ranking.

 

BANGKOK – Thailand's education system is ranked 37th out of 40 countries assessed in latest global index ranking published by British education and publishing group Pearson Plc.

Finland took first place with a score of 1.26 points, followed by South Korea and Hong-Kong. Following them are two other Asian countries: Japan and Singapore.

Thailand scored badly, with 1.46, and had only three countries below it in the ranking.

The index ranking is based on cognitive skills – test scores in reading, writing, and mathematics – and educational attainment – literacy and graduation rate – accumulated from 40 developed countries.

Sir Michael Barber, Pearson's chief education adviser, said successful countries gave their educators a high status and have a culture that is supportive of education.

Thai netizens posted messages on various webboards on Wednesday, mostly criticising the Thai education system.

"It's because of the educators," said a postor in posttoday.com.

"I feel that education does not account to how successful you are in the real world," said a comment in pantip.com. "These highly educated people have the knowledge but can't perform."

Another netizen suggested that Thailand should improve the social belief in education, spend more money to improve the quality of teachers and school autonomy to climb up the ranking.

"The quality of some private universities is really worrying. The quality of graduates with a bachelor's degree here is lower than high school graduates in other countries," one netizen said. "If you pay all the tuition fees here, you'll definitely graduate."

 

Finland
[Rank 1]1.26
[Rank 1]1.50
[Rank 3]0.79
South Korea
[Rank 2]1.23
[Rank 4]1.24
[Rank 1]1.21
Hong Kong-China
[Rank 3]0.90
[Rank 3]1.26
[Rank 17]0.20*
Japan
[Rank 4]0.89
[Rank 5]1.04
[Rank 8]0.59
Singapore
[Rank 5]0.84
[Rank 2]1.39
[Rank 33]-0.26*
United Kingdom
[Rank 6]0.60
[Rank 12]0.50
[Rank 2]0.81
Netherlands
[Rank 7]0.59
[Rank 7]0.72
[Rank 11]0.32*
New Zealand
[Rank 8]0.56
[Rank 9]0.61
[Rank 9]0.47*
Switzerland
[Rank 9]0.55
[Rank 8]0.71
[Rank 13]0.22
Canada
[Rank 10]0.54
[Rank 6]0.72
[Rank 20]0.18
Ireland
[Rank 11]0.53
[Rank 16]0.42
[Rank 5]0.74
Denmark
[Rank 12]0.50
[Rank 17]0.41
[Rank 6]0.68
Australia
[Rank 13]0.46
[Rank 11]0.54
[Rank 12]0.31
Poland
[Rank 14]0.43
[Rank 20]0.26
[Rank 4]0.77
Germany
[Rank 15]0.41
[Rank 10]0.56
[Rank 23]0.12
Belgium
[Rank 16]0.35
[Rank 15]0.43
[Rank 17]0.20*
United States
[Rank 17]0.35
[Rank 14]0.44
[Rank 21]0.16
Hungary
[Rank 18]0.33
[Rank 13]0.46
[Rank 25]0.07
Slovakia
[Rank 19]0.32
[Rank 25]0.16
[Rank 7]0.65
Russia
[Rank 20]0.26
[Rank 19]0.29
[Rank 19]0.20*
Sweden
[Rank 21]0.24
[Rank 18]0.31
[Rank 24]0.08
Czech Republic
[Rank 22]0.20
[Rank 24]0.20
[Rank 15]0.21
Austria
[Rank 23]0.15
[Rank 21]0.24
[Rank 28]-0.03*
Italy
[Rank 24]0.14
[Rank 23]0.20
[Rank 27]0.02
France
[Rank 25]0.13
[Rank 22]0.23
[Rank 30]-0.06*
Norway
[Rank 26]0.11
[Rank 27]-0.07
[Rank 10]0.47
Portugal
[Rank 27]0.01
[Rank 28]-0.09
[Rank 16]0.21
Spain
[Rank 28]-0.08
[Rank 26]-0.01
[Rank 32]-0.24
Israel
[Rank 29]-0.15
[Rank 30]-0.34
[Rank 14]0.22*
Bulgaria
[Rank 30]-0.23
[Rank 31]-0.37
[Rank 26]0.05*
Greece
[Rank 31]-0.31
[Rank 29]-0.25
[Rank 34]-0.43
Romania
[Rank 32]-0.60
[Rank 32]-0.88
[Rank 29]-0.04*
Chile
[Rank 33]-0.66
[Rank 34]-1.07
[Rank 22]0.15*
Turkey
[Rank 34]-1.24
[Rank 33]-0.97
[Rank 38]-1.79
Argentina
[Rank 35]-1.41
[Rank 39]-2.02
[Rank 31]-0.17*
Colombia
[Rank 36]-1.46
[Rank 37]-1.91
[Rank 35]-0.56*
Thailand
[Rank 37]-1.46
[Rank 35]-1.28
[Rank 39]-1.81
Mexico
[Rank 38]-1.60
[Rank 36]-1.53
[Rank 37]-1.74
Brazil
[Rank 39]-1.65
[Rank 38]-2.01
[Rank 36]-0.94*
Indonesia
[Rank 40]-2.03
[Rank 40]-2.04
[Rank 40]-2.01

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