近年来,泰国的经济以其迅速发展的势头令世人刮目相看。一些经济学家甚至预言:泰国将继“亚洲四小”之后,成为第五条小龙。泰国经济的迅速崛起固然有其各种原因.但无疑同它重视教育这一点也是分不开的。可以毫不夸张地说,泰国在发展教育上所取得的成就,成为它在竞争剧烈的国际环境中一跃而起的最重要的前提和推动力。泰国是个传统的农业国,几乎70％以上的人口生活在农村地区,教育水平非常低,文盲多。60年代末,70年代,泰国政府对教育进行了一系列较大的改革,大大发展了教育事业,取得了理想的效果。至80年代初,89％的成年男性和70％的成年女性都能读能写。在亚洲这一水平仅次于日本和新加坡、居第三 In recent years, Thailand’s economy has taken the world with its rapid development momentum. Some economists even predicted that Thailand will become the fifth dragons following the “four small in Asia.” Although there are various reasons for the rapid rise of Thailand’s economy, it is undoubtedly inseparable from its emphasis on education. It is no exaggeration to say that Thailand’s achievements in education for development have become the most important prerequisite and impetus for its rise in a highly competitive international environment. Thailand is a traditional agricultural country, with over 70% of its population living in rural areas, with very low levels of education and illiteracy. In the late 1960s and the 1970s, the Thai government conducted a series of relatively large reforms in education, greatly expanded its education and achieved satisfactory results. By the early 1980s, 89% of adult men and 70% of adult women were able to read and write. Third only to Japan and Singapore in Asia