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Out-of-School Children Situation 

in Asia, the Pacific, and Thailand

finding The Way ForwardTowards Zero% OOSC

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 we found that

17.6% of the

group had

dropped out by  grade 9

and later ona further 38.9% 

had dropped out 

 by  grade 12

From a  study * of 3

groups of students who

started grade 1 in the year

2000-2003 through 12

 years of education.

   S    t   a   r

  t   ! !

3 out of every 8

high school student

 will drop out of school

 before completing

their education. And only 8 out of 10

students will graduate

from grade 9.G O  A  L  

 !      !       

96%

1% 0.5%

In 2011 Thailand

assigned 24% of their total

national budget on education, the2nd highest in the world. Furthermore

this budget had been increased 96% in

the last 10 years. But only 0.5% of the

money reached poor children.

Giving the same amount of monetary support toeach case does not mean the same result can be

expected because of the different circumstances in each area. Most of the time children who live in

poverty stricken areas are usually

not able to get the monetary funding.

This leads to development of the

educational innovation which will reduce the number of

out of school children so

that we will be able to reach

the Sustainable Development

Goals in the year 2030.

different effectiveresults   results

Opportunity for All!Opportunity for All!

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n t e r e d 

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Thailand has encountered the same problem

as many other countries which is the challenge of

helping to bring all children in to the educational system

as well as prevent students from dropping out.

Who are these children? 

 2. OOSC  i n  T h a  i l a   n d 2. OOSC  i n  T h a  i l a   n d

Innovative

support

Equal

support

OOSC Hurt Thai Economic Potential

2016 2030 2050

GDP

Per Capita 

Middle Income Trap

Thailand with no OOSC

Thailand with current OOSC}

3% Missing GrowthFull PotentialThai Workforce

The Economic cost of OOSC in Thailand is worth 3.3 Million baht per year*.

Thailand can not develop our skilled labour with in the year 2030. It will result in a loss of 3% of our GDP.

Meaning that Thailand will not be able to rise above the Middle Income Trap until the year 2050

* Analyzed from statistics of number of graduates from 2012-2013 Thai Ministry of Education in comparison with

the results of “State of national employment rate” in the fourth quarter of 2013 from the National Statistics Office.

* As analyzed by Dr. Nicholas Burnett Former deputy director of UNESCO

during the 2013 “Partnership in Creating a Learning Society for ALL” summit in Thailand

n 2003-2013 there were 600,000

kids who were not in school

Combined with the number of 1,400,000 high school

drop outs and we have 2,000,000 students out of school!

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