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e-Learning for Lifelong Learning in Denmark

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Chapter 3<br />

Government policy, f<strong>in</strong>ance/fund<strong>in</strong>g,<br />

regulation of e-<strong>Learn<strong>in</strong>g</strong> <strong>for</strong> lifelong<br />

learn<strong>in</strong>g<br />

<strong>Lifelong</strong> learn<strong>in</strong>g is now a current concern <strong>for</strong> most countries <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g Thailand.<br />

The whole spectrum of lifelong learn<strong>in</strong>g confirms the important of education and<br />

tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g that can ensure susta<strong>in</strong>able country development. In Thailand, the 1997 Thai<br />

Constitution and the Thai National Economic and Social Development Plan guide<br />

the government’s education and tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g policies. The Constitution specifies that all<br />

citizens have both the right and the duty to receive education and tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g, guarantees<br />

academic freedom and emphasizes the role of the private sector <strong>for</strong> the provision<br />

of education at all levels.<br />

The N<strong>in</strong>th National Economic and Social Development Plan confirms that Thai society<br />

should be grounded <strong>in</strong> learn<strong>in</strong>g and wisdom, provid<strong>in</strong>g opportunities <strong>for</strong> all to<br />

develop their capacities <strong>for</strong> thought, rationality, creativity and cont<strong>in</strong>uous learn<strong>in</strong>g<br />

<strong>in</strong> order that citizens can cope with a chang<strong>in</strong>g environment.<br />

The Tenth National Economic and Social Development Plan <strong>for</strong> the period 2007~2011<br />

states that the government should provide all persons with physical and mental development,<br />

knowledge, ability, career skills, and life security, and enable all target groups<br />

to develop their own potential and strengthen family, community, and society.<br />

In educational sphere, lifelong learn<strong>in</strong>g was <strong>in</strong>troduced <strong>in</strong> the National Education<br />

Act of 1999 as a new guid<strong>in</strong>g pr<strong>in</strong>ciple <strong>for</strong> Thai education that would ensure economic<br />

competitiveness and ascerta<strong>in</strong> susta<strong>in</strong>able development. The lifelong learn<strong>in</strong>g concept<br />

became central to the Act. In Section 8, it states:<br />

● Educational provision shall be based on… (1) lifelong education <strong>for</strong> all, (2)<br />

all segment of society participat<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> the provision of education: and (3) cont<strong>in</strong>uous<br />

development of the bodies of knowledge edge and learn<strong>in</strong>g processes…<br />

The Office of Higher Education Commission Thailand <strong>in</strong>troduces the Second Long-<br />

06. e-<strong>Learn<strong>in</strong>g</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Lifelong</strong> learn<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> Thailand 461

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