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PART I Background: The Thai Context.- 1 History and Development of Thai Education.- 2 The Thai Context: Historical, Cultural, Demographic, Geographic, Economic, and Political.- 3 Religion and Educational Development.- Part II The contemporary Thai Educational System.- 4 The Structure of Thai Education.- 5 Preschool and Primary Education.- 6 Rethinking Thai Secondary Education.- 7 Vocational Education in Thailand: Its Evolution, Strengths and Limitations, and Blueprint for the Future.- 8 Non-Formal and Informal Education in Thailand.- 9 Thai Higher Education: Privatization and Massification.- 10 Quality and Autonomous Universities: Policy Promises and the Paradox of Leadership.- 11 The Internationalization of Higher Education over the Decades: Formidable Challenges Remain!.- Part III Major educational issues: Inequalities and disparities.- 12 Education of the Disadvantaged.- 13 Inequalities in Educational Attainment.- 14 Regional Educational Disparities in Thailand.- 15 Education in Thailand’s Ethnic Languages: Reflections on a Decade of Mother Tongue Based Multilingual Education Policy and Practice.- Part IV Educational Issues: Quality.- 16 Interaction of Education with Research and Development.- 17 The Evolution and Current Status of STEM Education in Thailand: Policy Directions and Recommendations.- 18 Redesigning Teacher Education.- 19 Quality Issues of Education in Thailand.- Part V Planning, policy, reforms, leadership, and accountability.- 20 The Evolution of Educational Policy and Planning: From NEC to ONEC and OEC.- 21 The Evolution of Education Reform in Thailand.- 22 Thailand’s Challenge of Systemic Education Reform: Where Are the Leaders with the ‘Right Stuff’?.- 23 The Financing of Thai Education.- 24 Educational Testing, Assessment, and Quality Assurance.- Part IV Alternative educational paths and future directions.- 25 Shadow Education in Thailand: Thai and International Perspectives.- 26 Thai Alternative Education.- 27 Synthesis, Rethinking Thai Education: Paradoxes, Trends, Challenges, and Opportunities.