Minh Tran, director of research and academic partnerships at EF Education First, believes Thailand is 'set for a trend of steadily-increasing English proficiency'. Education First recently released its EF English Proficiency Index (EPI) 2017 which showed Thailand had low a proficiency in English skills in 53rd place. This year's report compiled results based on more than 1 million test results from 80 non-native English speaking countries and territories. This year's results showed little improvement, with the country receiving an EF EPI ranking of 49.78. However, the higher score has moved Thailand up one proficiency band, giving the country a low English proficiency ranking.

Source: Bangkok Post November 14, 2017 21:56 UTC