A new study shows that Thai students are consistently underperforming in the classroom.
According to the 2018 OECD Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) report ─ which measures the ability of 15-year-olds in science, reading and mathematics, Thai students scored below the international average in all three categories.

Regionally, only Indonesia and the Philippines performed worse than Thailand.
However, other ASEAN school systems including Malaysia, Brunei and Singapore all out performed Thailand.
Meanwhile, other Asian school systems featured heavily at the top of the rankings.

China was ranked in 1st place in all three categories, followed by Singapore, which ranked 2nd overall, Macao was in 3rd and Hong Kong in 4th.

phuketrichard wrote: ↑Fri Dec 06, 2019 10:30 am imagine where cambodia,laos would come in LOL

willyhilly wrote: ↑Wed Mar 02, 2022 1:33 pm When shopping in Bangkok I was always surprised at how few Thais spoke English compared to people in service occupations in Phnom Penh.

phuketrichard wrote: ↑Wed Mar 02, 2022 1:59 pm

willyhilly wrote: ↑Wed Mar 02, 2022 1:33 pm When shopping in Bangkok I was always surprised at how few Thais spoke English compared to people in service occupations in Phnom Penh.

2+ year old thread;
Thais are to shy to speak english, even if they were English majors in school, for fear of making a mistake