Thailand – Robots could eliminate most graduate jobs, according to Ministry of Education (Bangkok Post)

The Bangkok Post reports that by 2030, 72% of university graduates in Thailand could be either unemployed or working in a job that does not require a bachelor’s degree as their jobs will have been taken away by new technologies like AI, according to Deputy Minister of Education Udom Kachinthorn. He said that if Thai universities do not adapt and cannot build a workforce with future-proof skills, then the country “may have to cope with [its] largest ever rate of unemployment.” The deputy minister also warned that universities and teachers must embrace change by using digital technology to make their classes and content more lively, relevant and responsive to the demands and lifestyles of a new generation and that past and current models of the Thai education system are already outdated because they focus on building a very limited set of skills. He also pointed out that digital disruption has already forced several universities to close in other countries.

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