[Levin]

UPDATED JUN 25, 2023, 10:06 PM SGT


BANGKOK – Thai universities are struggling due to lower enrolments linked to a sharp decline in the number of new births over the past several years

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there has been a continuous decline in the number of births over the past five years.

Thirty years ago, Thailand had over a million births, but currently the number has dropped by half to 500,000 to 600,000 a year.

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it became a full-fledged ageing society in 2022. Then, statistics showed that the elderly population had reached 12,116,119, accounting for 18.3 per cent of the total population of about 70 million.

By 2027, Thailand is expected to become an ageing society at an advanced level, similar to Japan, with the elderly population accounting for 28 per cent of the total population.

The birth rate is very low, with only a 0.18 per cent increase in population from new births.

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State and private universities might struggle to survive in the next five years if they do not adapt, possibly leading to mergers or closures


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[[[ForeverAlone]]]

The world elites already know.

This is why come AI , Robots, Automative system in the job.

I see the future the way how people work might change.

The tricky part is come construction work, maintenance , those low end job which need labour and skills.