How many Institutions fall under the Formal School System of Thailand?

**Stamp** · 17th September 2012 21:12

If you ever wondered how many educational institutions fall under the Formal School System of Thailand below are the statistics.

First of all, what is the Formal School System? The National Education Act B.E. 2542 (1999) describes the following as Formal Education.

Educational System
Section 15
There shall be three types of education: formal, non-formal, and informal

(1) Formal education shall specify the aims, methods, curricula, duration, assessment, and evaluation conditional to its completion.

1. Office of the Private Education Commission: 3,968

2. Office of the Basic Education Commission: 31,508

3. Office of Vocational Education Commission: 415

4. Office of Higher Education Commission: 174

5. Mahidol Wittayanusorn School: 1

Other Organizations: 2,308

Source: Ministry of Education Academic Year 2009.

**teacherfinder** · 17th September 2012 21:18

Interesting, thanks! I had wondered. No idea there were SO many under OBEC

**Stamp** · 17th September 2012 21:24

Originally Posted by teacherfinder

Interesting, thanks! I had wondered. No idea there were SO many under OBEC

Welcome.

Also for your information, teacherfinder, the number of institutions under the office of the higher education commission don't include the number of demonstration schools because the demonstration schools are considered as the departments of universities instead of being separate institutions.