Impacts of the Thailand qualification framework–Public administration on public administration education in Thailand

Abstract

This paper explores the Thailand Qualification Framework (TQF), particularly, in the discipline of Public Administration in Thailand, its development, purposes, and feedback from academia. The investigation from previous research conducted before and after the enactment of TQF-PA on public administration teaching and learning in Thailand found an improvement in both number and quality of public administration programs at all levels of education from undergraduate to master’s and doctoral in terms of course requirements, qualifications of teachers, and teachers-students ratio, etc. The paper also attempts to answer the “Big Questions” raised by scholars in teaching public administration in the Thai culture during the new disruptive technology and dynamic of unpredictable situations like the coronavirus pandemic facing every government around the world today.

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