Thai universities move too slowly and cannot keep pace with the fast-changing job market and demand for various skills, he said. "Universities need to better understand the demands of employers in order to produce job-ready graduates," said Mr Sompop, a former economics lecturer at Chulalongkorn University. He said many graduates are not equipped with enough up-to-date knowledge and lack hands-on skills as universities tend to bypass these. "Students are still taught more theory than practice at university," Mr Sompop told the Bangkok Post on the sidelines of a seminar for students on the state of the job market. Mr Sompop said employers now expect extra skills like critical thinking, creativity, digital literacy and English literacy.

Source: Bangkok Post February 23, 2018 23:15 UTC