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	Sukavich Rangsitpol (Thai: สุขวิช รังสิตพล RTGS: Sukkhawit
	Rangsitphon; born 5 December 1935) is a Thai education reformer,
	and politician. He served as Deputy Prime Minister (1994,
	1996–97) and Minister of Education (1995–97).
	Sukavich Rangsitpol
	สุขวิช รังสิตพล
	25 October 1994 – 11 December 1994
	Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand
	In office
	Prime Minister
	Chuan Leekpai
	In office
	25 November 1996 – 8 November 1997
	Prime Minister
	Chavalit Yongchaiyudh
	Minister of Education
	In office
	13 July 1995 – 24 November 1996
	Prime Minister
	Banharn Silpa-archa
	In office
	25 November 1996 – 14 August 1997
	Prime Minister
	Chavalit Yongchaiyudh
	Personal details
	Born
	5 December 1935 (age 88)
	Bangkok, Thailand
	Political party
	New Aspiration
	Spouse
	Thai Rak Thai
	Pewpong Narongdej (m. 1964)
	Children
	• •
	3
	In 1995, as minister of education, Rangsitpol laid out his plans for
	educational reform in Thailand. The goal of education reform is to
	realize the potential of Thai people to develop themselves for the
	better quality of life and to develop the nation for peaceful co-

			{{Infobox officeholder
	existence in the world community. The reform was considered a
			\| name = Sukavich Rangsitpol
	landmark movement after nearly 100 years of education under the
	previous system.
	Contents
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	Early Life and Education
	Deputy Prime Minister under Chaun
	1995 Thai general election
	Thailand Education Reform 1995
	According to UNESCO, Thailand's education reform has led
	to the following results
	1996 Thai general election
	Golden Triangle (Southeast Asia)
	2001 Thai general election 2005 Thai general election
	Awards and recognition
	References
	Early Life and Education
	Rangsitpol completed a bachelor's degree in political science at
	Thammasat University in 1960 and the Management Development
	Program of the Asian Institute of Management, Manila, in 1976,
	Management Program for Executive, University of Pittsburgh,
	Pennsylvania in 1985 and Distinguished Senior Executive Program,
	Harvard University in 1991.
	He was chairman and managing director of Caltex Oil Thailand
	during the early 1990s before became a politician.
	He also was the eighth President of Political Science Association of
	Thammsat University. and he was the 9th President of
	Thammasat University Associationbetween 1989-1992 He also
	received Honorable Doctor of Philosophy from Ramkhamhaeng
	University and Mahamakut Buddhist University.
	Rangsitpol became a Senator in 1987, National Legislative
	Assembly in 1991, and a Senator of the Thai Senate in 1992.
	Between 1993 and 1994, he was the governor of the Expressway
	and Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (ETA).

			\| native_name = สุขวิช รังสิตพล
	In 1994, while he was the Director of Mass Transit Authority of
	Thailand, his achievement was The master plan of Bangkok
	Metropolitan Mass Transit (1994/2537).
	In 1995, Rangsitpol joined the New Aspiration Party (NAP) and was
	appointed deputy prime minister in Chuan Leekpai's cabinet in
	October of the same year. The world's longest bridge (between
	2000-2010) was an achievement of Rangsitpol, deputy prime
	minister of the Chuan Leekpai Cabinet (1992-1995).
	Deputy Prime Minister under Chaun
	Foreign investors have regained confidence in Thai markets
	following his new position as deputy prime minister.The world's
	longest bridge (between 2000-2010) was an achievement of
	Rangsitpol, deputy prime minister of the Chuan Leekpai Cabinet
	(1992-1995).At that time Thailand already had already had two
	failed projects Lavalin Skytrain and Bangkok Elevated Road and
	Train System. One of his election platforms was to get a mass
	transit system in Bangkok by 2000. Foreign investment was set to
	increase if he remained in office for two years. Thailand's top
	diplomat in Hong Kong said. Unfortunately, It was not meant to
	be.
	1995 Thai general election
	He served as minister of education in Banharn Silpa-archa's cabinet
	in July 1995, he also launched a series of education reforms in
	1995. The aim was to enhance the quality of education from 1995 to
	achieve educational excellence by 2007.
	Thailand Education Reform 1995
	In 1995 as the minister of education, Rangsitpol, launched a series
	of education reforms with the stated goal of helping the Thai people
	to develop themselves for a better quality of life and to develop the
	nation for a peaceful co-existence in the global community.
	Since December 1995, activities have been conducted in four main
	areas:

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	•
			\| birth_date = {{Birth date and age\|1935\|12\|5\|df=y}}
	School reform - Efforts were stepped up to standardize the
			\| birth_place = ], Thailand
	quality of education at all levels and types of schools and
	educational institutions. Educational coverage has been
	expanded.
	Teacher reform - Teacher training and recruitment were
	reformed in public and private schools. Educational
	administrators and personnel have been developed.
	Curriculum reform - Curriculum and teaching-learning
	processes have been reformed to raise academic quality at all
	levels.
	Administrative reform - Educational institutions have been
	empowered to make administrative decisions and offer
	appropriate educational services consistent with the local
	lifestyle and conditions. Provincial organizations have been
	strengthened to facilitate this, while private participation of the
	family and community has been promoted and supported.
	• • •

	He implemented the School-based Management (SBM) policy in
	1997 to overcome a profound educational system crisis.
	According to UNESCO, Thailand's education
	reform has led to the following results
	The government provides free 12 years of education for all
	children. Eighth Thailand's National Social and Economic
	Development Plan was also written to support the
	implementation of an education reform program. This program
	was later added to the 1997 Constitution of Thailand and gave
	access to all citizens.
	The educational budget increased from 133 billion baht in
	1996 to 163 billion baht in 1997 (22.5% increase)
	Since 1996, first-grade students have been taught English as a
	second or foreign language and computer literacy.
	The Thai government approved professional advancement
	from teacher level 6 to level 7 without having to submit
	academic work for consideration.
	•
	• • •

			\| spouse = {{marriage\|Pewpong Narongdej\|1964}}
	World Bank report that after the 1997 Asian financial crisis Income
			\| children= 3
	in the northeast, the poorest part of Thailand, has risen by 46
			\|office= ]
	percent from 1998 to 2001 due to Education For All. Nationwide
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	poverty fell from 21.3 to 11.3 percent.
			\|term_end = 11 December 1994
	1996 Thai general election
			\|primeminister = ]
	He was elected to the House of Representatives in 1996,
			\|term_start2 = 25 November 1996
	representing Bangkok's 13th constituency. After New Aspiration's
			\|term_end2 = 8 November 1997
	electoral victory, He became a deputy prime minister and Minister of
			\|primeminister2 = ]
	Education. The Member of the Constitutional Drafting Council was
			\|office3 = ]
	elected by the National Assembly (Thailand) on 26 December 1996,
			\|term_start3 = 13 July 1995
	after 1996 Thai general election.
			\|term_end3 = 24 November 1996
	The 1997 constitution of Thailand was the achievement of him as
			\|primeminister3 = ]
	deputy prime minister and education minister of Chavalit
			\|term_start4 = 25 November 1996
	Yongchaiyudh Cabinet (November 1996- November 1997). The
			\|term_end4 = 14 August 1997
	Prime Minister resigned after 1997 Asian financial crisis.
			\|primeminister4 = ]
	The constitution of Thailand enacted on 11 October 1997 to replace
			\| party = {{ubl\|]\|]}}
	the 1991 Constitution, and was widely hailed as a landmark in Thai
			}}
	democratic constitutional reform as well as his 1995 education

	reform.
			'''Sukavich Rangsitpol''' ({{lang-th\|สุขวิช รังสิตพล}} {{RTGS\|Sukkhawit Rangsitphon}}; born 5 December 1935) is a Thai education reformer,<ref> https://elibrary.ksp.or.th/doc_num.php?explnum_id=4954</ref><ref> https://web.archive.org/web/20190605043040/http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2530/A/074/1.PDF</ref> and politician.<ref>{{cite journal \|last1=Dachakupt \|first1=Pimpan \|title=The current innovation in curriculum development in Thailand \|journal=International Journal of Curriculum Development and Practice\|date=1999 \|volume=1 \|pages=93–101 \|url=https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jcrdaen/1/1/1_KJ00006742072/_pdf \|access-date=18 September 2018}}</ref><ref> {{Bare URL PDF\|date=October 2022}}</ref> He served as ] (1994, 1996–97) and Minister of Education(1995–97).<ref>{{cite web\|url= https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=569468815&privcapId=5702954 \|title= Nattapol Rangsitpol: Executive Profile & Biography \|publisher=Bloomberg \|accessdate=2019-06-27}}</ref>
	The 1997 constitution was the first constitution to be drafted by a

	popularly elected Constitutional Drafting Assembly, hence was
	popularly called the "People's Constitution". The 1997
	constitution created a bicameral legislature. For the first time in Thai
	history, both houses were directly elected. Many human rights are
	explicitly acknowledged in the text, and measures were established
	to increase the stability of elected governments.
	There are List of massacres in Thailand before and after the
	"People's Constitution" and it is remained the only one with out
	any violence.Moreover, he served as the Southeast Asian Ministers
	of Education Organization (SEAMEO)
	Golden Triangle (Southeast Asia)
	The United Nations (VIENNA) announced that “South East Asian
	and Chinese Ministers Step up Joint Efforts To Fight Drug
	Production, Trafficking, Abuse Cambodia, China, Lao PDR,
	Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam Endorse UN Initiatives “

			In 1995, as minister of education, Rangsitpol laid out his plans for educational reform in Thailand. The goal of education reform is to realize the potential of Thai people to develop themselves for the better quality of life and to develop the nation for peaceful co-existence in the world community. <ref> https://elibrary.ksp.or.th/doc_num.php?explnum_id=4954 </ref>
	The Golden Triangle was one of the world's two largest opium
			The reform was considered a landmark movement after nearly 100 years of education under the previous system.<ref>http://backoffice.onec.go.th/uploaded/Category/EngBook/SchoolReformPolicy-04-03-2011.pdf {{Bare URL inline\|date=October 2022}}</ref>
	producing areas in 1995. 11 July 1997 His Excellency Sukavich

	Rangsitpol, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education of
			== Early Life and Education ==
	Thailand held the meeting of six East Asian countries in Bangkok, to

	endorse a number of new measures. He aimed at strengthening
			Rangsitpol completed a bachelor's degree in political science at ] in 1960 and the Management Development Program of ], Manila, in 1976, Management Program for Executive, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1985 and Distinguished Senior Executive Program, Harvard University in 1991.<ref> {{Cite web \|title=นักการเมือง ขาดวุฒิภาวะ ความสามารถ ประสบการณ์ จะมีผลอย่างไร กับ ประเทศไทย \|url=https://pantip.com/topic/37934046 \|access-date=2023-11-24 \|website=Pantip \|language=th}}</ref>
	cooperation to combat drug abuse and trafficking in the subregion.

	The six countries are Cambodia, China, Lao People's Democratic
			He was chairman and managing director of ] Oil Thailand during the early 1990s before became a politician.<ref name="Carr 2012 p. 256">{{cite book \| last=Carr \| first=J. \| title=Major Companies of The Far East and Australasia 1990/91: Volume 1: South East Asia \| publisher=Springer Netherlands \| year=2012 \| isbn=978-94-009-0805-5 \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GrnrCAAAQBAJ&pg=PA256 \| access-date=3 Jul 2020 \| page=256}}</ref>
	Republic, Myanmar, Viet Nam and Thailand.

	They participated in the areas of law enforcement, demand
			He also was the eighth President of Political Science Association of Thammsat University.<ref> {{Cite web \|date=2022-09-16 \|title=อดีตนายกสมาคมรัฐศาสตร์ฯ - สมาคมรัฐศาสตร์แห่งมหาวิทยาลัยธรรมศาสตร์ ในพระบรมราชูปถัมภ์ \|url=https://www.posatu.com/%e0%b8%ad%e0%b8%94%e0%b8%b5%e0%b8%95%e0%b8%99%e0%b8%b2%e0%b8%a2%e0%b8%81%e0%b8%aa%e0%b8%a1%e0%b8%b2%e0%b8%84%e0%b8%a1%e0%b8%a3%e0%b8%b1%e0%b8%90%e0%b8%a8%e0%b8%b2%e0%b8%aa%e0%b8%95%e0%b8%a3%e0%b9%8c/ \|access-date=2023-11-24 \|language=en}}</ref> and he was the 9th President of ]between 1989-1992 He also received Honorable Doctor of Philosophy from Ramkhamhaeng University <ref> https://archives.lib.ru.ac.th/s/RU-Archives/item-set/8251 </ref> and Mahamakut Buddhist University.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=พระสงฆ์คนดังทั่วโลกรับป.เอกดุษฎีบัณฑิตมจร. \|url=https://www.mcu.ac.th/news/detail/5648 \|access-date=2023-11-24 \|website=www.mcu.ac.th \|language=en-US}}</ref>
	reduction and eradication of illicit crops under a 1993 agreement

	with the Vienna-based UN International Drug Control Programme
	(UNDCP).
	After two-day meeting,consultation of senior officials of the six
	Governments and the UNDCP, launched several new drug control
	projects, which results in including an arrangement to improve the
	exchange of intelligence on trafficking syndicates and the
	programmes to train police, the customs, the prosecutorial and the
	judicial staff.Moreover Myanmar, China and the UNDCP agreed on
	a project combining drug control and help to provide basic needs for
	poor people in the Wa region of Myanmar's Eastern Shan State,
	near the Chinese border.
	The proposed of the Wa project was to strengthen communities and to provide them with alternative means of livelihood so that they can
	abandon cultivation of opium poppy. According to the UNDCP, the
	region formed by adjacent border areas of Lao PDR, Myanmar and
	Thailand was one of the world's two largest opium plantations .
	Cambodia, China and Viet Nam were transit countries for the heroin
	production of the opium and sent exclusively to North America.
	Chemicals used to process heroin from opium, or for production of
	amphetamine-type stimulants, are also trafficked across national
	frontiers.
	The National Frontier was the route for the drug’s trafficking to
	deliver Chemical used to process heroin from opium and the
	ingredient to produce type stimulants amphetamine.The Ministers
	also agreed to step up efforts to prevent the demand for illicit drugs.
	Rangsitpol was the chairman of the ministerial meeting. The others
	were Mathly Rim Skadavy, Special Advisor to the Minister of Interior
	of Cambodia; Bai Jingfu, Vice-Commissioner of the National

			Between 1993 and 1994, he was the governor of the ] (ETA).<ref>{{Cite news \|author=Paul Handley \|title=Road to Nowhere: Thais and investors continue to haggle over highway \|newspaper=Far Eastern Economic Review \|year=1993 \|page=152}}</ref>
	Narcotics Control Commissioner and Vice-Minister of Public

	Security of China; Soubanh Srithirath, Vice-Minister for Foreign
			In 1994, while he was the Director of Mass Transit Authority of Thailand,<ref> https://portalinter1.mrta.co.th/en/about_mrta/all_board/ </ref> his achievement was The master plan of Bangkok Metropolitan Mass Transit (1994/2537).<ref> https://www.accessfeeders.com/%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B9%E0%B9%89%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B7%E0%B9%88%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B0%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%AB%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%81%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%B0-feeder/%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B0%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%AB%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%81-%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%AB%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%81%E0%B9%83%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A3%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%94/</ref><ref> https://dl.parliament.go.th/bitstream/handle/20.500.13072/417330/2538_%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%A1%E0%B9%88%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%97_%E0%B8%82%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%AA%E0%B9%88%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%8A%E0%B8%99_%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%A3.pdf?sequence=1</ref><ref>{{cite web \| url=https://www.ryt9.com/s/cabt/2613256 \| title=ขอความเห็นชอบยกเว้นการปฏิบัติตามมติคณะรัฐมนตรีเมื่อวันที่ 17 พฤษภาคม 2537 เรื่อง }}</ref>
	Affairs and Chairman of the Commission for Drug Control of the Lao

	PDR; Lt. General Maung Thint, Minister for Border Areas, National
			In 1995, Rangsitpol joined the ] (NAP) and was appointed deputy prime minister in ]'s cabinet in October of the same year.<ref>{{cite web \| url=https://www.academia.edu/43054905 \| title=EDUCATION FOR LIFE: THAILAnd's MOST IMPORTANT CHALLENGE His Excellency SUKAVICH RANGSITPOL Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education Royal Thai Government to the FOREIGN CORRESPONDENTS CLUB OF THAILAND }}</ref> The world's longest bridge (between 2000-2010)<ref> https://www.pci.org/PCI_Docs/Design_Resources/Guides_and_manuals/references/bridge_design_manual/JL-00-January-February_Bang_Na_Expressway,_Bangkok,_Thailand-World_s_Longest_Bridge_and_Largest_Precasting_Operation.pdf </ref> was an achievement of Rangsitpol, deputy prime minister of the ] Cabinet (1992-1995).
	Races and Development Affairs of Myanmar; and Hoang Duc Nghi,

	Chairman of the National Drug Control Programme and Minister of
			== Deputy Prime Minister under Chaun ==
	the Committee for Ethnic Minorities and Mountainous Areas of Viet

	Nam.
			Foreign investors have regained confidence in Thai markets following his new position as deputy prime minister.<ref>{{cite web \| url=https://www.scmp.com/article/98562/stability-enhances-confidence \| title=Stability enhances confidence \| date=5 December 1994 }}</ref>The world's longest bridge (between 2000-2010)<ref> https://www.pci.org/PCI_Docs/Design_Resources/Guides_and_manuals/references/bridge_design_manual/JL-00-January-February_Bang_Na_Expressway,_Bangkok,_Thailand-World_s_Longest_Bridge_and_Largest_Precasting_Operation.pdf </ref> was an achievement of Rangsitpol, deputy prime minister of the ] Cabinet (1992-1995).At that time Thailand already had already had two failed projects ] and ]. One of his election platforms was to get a mass transit system in Bangkok by 2000. Foreign investment was set to increase if he remained in office for two years. Thailand's top diplomat in Hong Kong said.<ref>{{cite web \| url=https://www.scmp.com/article/98562/stability-enhances-confidence \| title=Stability enhances confidence \| date=5 December 1994 }}</ref> Unfortunately, It was not meant to be.
	Because of his education reform for all Thai children,he have

	journeyed tens of thousands of kilometers, visited thousands of
			== ] ==
	schools and talked to tens of thousands of students teachers and

	school administrators.
			He served as minister of education in ]'s cabinet in July 1995,
	While he was in the northern Thailand he learned that the UNDCP,
			he also launched a series of education reforms in 1995. The aim was to enhance the quality of education from 1995 to achieve educational excellence by 2007.<ref>{{cite journal \|last1=Dachakupt \|first1=Pimpan \|title=The current innovation in curriculum development in Thailand \|journal=International Journal of Curriculum Development and Practice\|date=1999 \|volume=1 \|pages=93–101 \|url=https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jcrdaen/1/1/1_KJ00006742072/_pdf \| format=pdf \| accessdate=18 September 2018}}</ref>
	the subregion has been experiencing a recent upsurge in abuse of

	heroin and synthetic stimulants. After he help Them updated their
			== Thailand Education Reform 1995 <ref> https://elibrary.ksp.or.th/doc_num.php?explnum_id=4954</ref> ==
	drug control action plan to better reflect the current abuse,
			In 1995 as the minister of education, Rangsitpol, launched a series of education reforms with the stated goal of helping the Thai people to develop themselves for a better quality of life and to develop the nation for a peaceful co-existence in the global community.<ref>{{cite journal \|last1=Dachakupt \|first1=Pimpan \|title=The current innovation in curriculum development in Thailand \|journal=International Journal of Curriculum Development and Practice\|date=1999 \|volume=1 \|pages=93–101 \|url=https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jcrdaen/1/1/1_KJ00006742072/_pdf \|access-date=18 September 2018}}</ref>
	production and trafficking patterns in the region as well as recent

	developments in national and regional drug control policies
			Since December 1995, activities have been conducted in four main areas:
	mandated by the earlier plan.The earlier plan was adopted at a

	ministerial meeting held in Beijing in 1995. The UNDCP ‘s 11
			* '''School reform''' - Efforts were stepped up to standardize the quality of education at all levels and types of schools and educational institutions. Educational coverage has been expanded.
	projects in the areas of demand reduction, crop reduction and law
			* '''Teacher reform''' - Teacher training and recruitment were reformed in public and private schools. Educational administrators and personnel have been developed.
	enforcement. Was cooperating by the six countries since 1995.
			* '''Curriculum reform''' - Curriculum and teaching-learning processes have been reformed to raise academic quality at all levels.
	The delegation also suggested that investments in infrastructure
			* '''Administrative reform''' - Educational institutions have been empowered to make administrative decisions and offer appropriate educational services consistent with the local lifestyle and conditions. Provincial organizations have been strengthened to facilitate this, while private participation of the family and community has been promoted and supported.<ref>{{cite web \| url=http://www.ibe.unesco.org/fileadmin/user_upload/archive/Countries/WDE/2006/ASIA_and_the_PACIFIC/Thailand/Thailand.htm \| title=UNESCO IBE - World Data on Education, 6th edition - Thailand }}</ref><ref>https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000122102 page53-56</ref>
	and hotels would be better choice in the globalization world .

	There had been reported that the Golden Triangle (Southeast Asia)
			He implemented the School-based Management (SBM) policy in 1997 to overcome a profound educational system crisis.<ref>{{Cite journal \| doi=10.1007/s11159-004-2624-4\|title = Decentralisation and School-Based Management in Thailand\| journal=International Review of Education \| volume=50\| issue=3\| pages=291–308\|year = 2004\|last1 = Gamage\|first1 = David T.\| last2=Sooksomchitra\| first2=Pacharapimon\|s2cid = 189768573}}</ref>
	‘s poppy cultivation decreased more than 80 percent from 1998.


			== According to UNESCO, ] education reform has led to the following results ==
	2001 Thai general election

	After the election in 2001, Thaksin Shinawatra, the Leader of the
			* The government provides free 12 years of education for all children. Eighth Thailand's National Social and Economic Development Plan was also written to support the implementation of an education reform program. This program was later added to the 1997 Constitution of Thailand and gave access to all citizens.<ref>{{cite book \|title=Education Management Profile: Thailand \|date=1998 \|publisher=UNESCO PRINCIPAL REGIONAL OFFICE FOR ASIA AND THE PACIFIC \|location=Bangkok \|url=http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0011/001135/113535Eo.pdf \|access-date=18 September 2018}}</ref>
	Thai Rak Thai Party, became prime minister. The New Aspiration

	Party joined the government . Shortly after that New Aspiration
			* The educational budget increased from 133 billion ] in 1996 to 163 billion baht in 1997 (22.5% increase)
	Party was merged with the Thai Rak Thai Party.

	He joined the Thai Rak Thai party (governing party) with Gen.
			* Since 1996, first-grade students have been taught ] and ].
	Chavalit Yongchaiyudh. Chalerm Yubamrung returned to be the

	Leader of the Mass Party Chingchai Mongkoltham and decided to
			* The Thai government approved professional advancement from teacher level 6 to level 7 without having to submit academic work for consideration.
	continue the New Aspiration Party. While Lieutenant Colonel Thita

	Rangsitpol Manitkul WRTA join the opposition party and became
			World Bank report that after the ] Income in the northeast, the poorest part of Thailand, has risen by 46 percent from 1998 to 2001 due to ].<ref>NESDB, {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719090712/http://www.nesdb.go.th/Portals/0/eco_datas/account/gpp/GPP%1998-2001zip \|date= 2012 }}</ref> Nationwide poverty fell from 21.3 to 11.3 percent.

			== ] ==

			He was elected to the House of Representatives in 1996, representing Bangkok's 13th constituency. After New Aspiration's electoral victory, He became a deputy prime minister and Minister of Education. The Member of the Constitutional Drafting Council was elected by the ] on 26 December 1996,<ref> https://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2540/D/002/13.PDF</ref> after ].

			The ] was the achievement of him as deputy prime minister and education minister of ] Cabinet (November 1996- November 1997). The Prime Minister resigned after ]. <ref> Thai Prime Minister Quits https://www.nytimes.com/1997/11/04/world/thai-prime-minister-quits-a-casualty-of-economic-crisis.html</ref>

			The ] enacted on 11 October 1997 to replace the 1991 Constitution, and was widely hailed as a landmark in Thai democratic constitutional reform as well as his 1995 education reform.

			The 1997 constitution was the first constitution to be drafted by a popularly elected Constitutional Drafting Assembly, hence was popularly called the "'''People's Constitution'''".<ref name="Criminal Justice">Kittipong Kittayarak, {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070614033157/http://www.unafei.or.jp/english/pdf/PDF_rms/no60/ch06.pdf \|date=2007-06-14 }}</ref> The 1997 constitution created a ]. For the first time in Thai history, both houses were ]. Many ] are explicitly acknowledged in the text, and measures were established to increase the stability of elected governments.

			There are ] before and after the "'''People's Constitution'''" and it is remained the only one with out any violence.Moreover, he served as ] (SEAMEO) <ref> https://elibrary.ksp.or.th/doc_num.php?explnum_id=4954</ref>

			===]===

			The United Nations (VIENNA) announced that “South East Asian and Chinese Ministers Step up Joint Efforts To Fight Drug Production, Trafficking, Abuse Cambodia, China, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam Endorse UN Initiatives “<ref>{{cite web \| url=https://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/press/releases/press_release_1997-07-11_1.html \| title=UNODC - Press Release UNIS/NAR/609 }}</ref>

			The Golden Triangle was one of the world's two largest opium producing areas in 1995.
			11 July 1997 His Excellency ], Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education of Thailand held the meeting of six East Asian countries in Bangkok, to endorse a number of new measures. He aimed at strengthening cooperation to combat drug abuse and trafficking in the subregion. The six countries are Cambodia, China, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Viet Nam and Thailand.

			They participated in the areas of law enforcement, demand reduction and eradication of illicit crops under a 1993 agreement with the Vienna-based UN International Drug Control Programme (UNDCP).

			After two-day meeting,consultation of senior officials of the six Governments and the UNDCP, launched several new drug control projects, which results in including an arrangement to improve the exchange of intelligence on trafficking syndicates and the programmes to train police, the customs, the prosecutorial and the judicial staff.Moreover Myanmar, China and the UNDCP agreed on a project combining drug control and help to provide basic needs for poor people in the Wa region of Myanmar's Eastern Shan State, near the Chinese border.

			The proposed of the Wa project was to strengthen communities and to provide them with alternative means of livelihood so that they can abandon cultivation of opium poppy. According to the UNDCP, the region formed by adjacent border areas of Lao PDR, Myanmar and Thailand was one of the world's two largest opium plantations . Cambodia, China and Viet Nam were transit countries for the heroin production of the opium and sent exclusively to North America.

			Chemicals used to process heroin from opium, or for production of amphetamine-type stimulants, are also trafficked across national frontiers.

			The National Frontier was the route for the drug’s trafficking to deliver Chemical used to process heroin from opium and the ingredient to produce type stimulants amphetamine.The Ministers also agreed to step up efforts to prevent the demand for illicit drugs.

			Rangsitpol was the chairman of the ministerial meeting. The others were Mathly Rim Skadavy, Special Advisor to the Minister of Interior of Cambodia; Bai Jingfu, Vice-Commissioner of the National Narcotics Control Commissioner and Vice-Minister of Public Security of China; Soubanh Srithirath, Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs and Chairman of the Commission for Drug Control of the Lao PDR; Lt. General Maung Thint, Minister for Border Areas, National Races and Development Affairs of Myanmar; and Hoang Duc Nghi, Chairman of the National Drug Control Programme and Minister of the Committee for Ethnic Minorities and Mountainous Areas of Viet Nam.

			Because of his education reform for all Thai children,he have journeyed tens of thousands of kilometers, visited thousands of schools and talked to tens of thousands of students teachers and school administrators.

			While he was in the northern Thailand he learned that the UNDCP, the subregion has been experiencing a recent upsurge in abuse of heroin and synthetic stimulants. After he help Them updated their drug control action plan to better reflect the current abuse, production and trafficking patterns in the region as well as recent developments in national and regional drug control policies mandated by the earlier plan.The earlier plan was adopted at a ministerial meeting held in Beijing in 1995. The UNDCP ‘s 11 projects in the areas of demand reduction, crop reduction and law enforcement. Was cooperating by the six countries since 1995.<ref>{{cite web \| url=http://nick.assumption.edu/WebVAX/Nation/Bernstein16Dec96.html \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040601155140/http://nick.assumption.edu/WebVAX/Nation/Bernstein16Dec96.html \| archive-date=2004-06-01 \| title=The Nation - People of the Opiate - 12/16/96 }}</ref>

			The delegation also suggested that investments in infrastructure and hotels would be better choice in the globalization world .<ref>{{cite news \| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/10/14/drugs-investigators-close-asian-el-chapo-centre-vast-meth-ring/ \| title=Drugs investigators close in on Asian 'El Chapo' at centre of vast meth ring \| newspaper=The Telegraph \| date=14 October 2019 \| last1=Smith \| first1=Nicola }}</ref> There had been reported that the ] ‘s poppy cultivation decreased more than 80 percent from 1998.<ref>https://www.unodc.org/roseap/uploads/archive/documents/2009/03/cnd/MOU_Poster_small.pdf</ref><ref>{{cite web \| url=https://www.academia.edu/43054905 \| title=EDUCATION FOR LIFE : THAILAnd's MOST IMPORTANT CHALLENGE His Excellency SUKAVICH RANGSITPOL Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education Royal Thai Government to the FOREIGN CORRESPONDENTS CLUB OF THAILAND }}</ref>

			== ] ==

			After the election in 2001, ], the Leader of ], became prime minister. The ] joined the government . Shortly after that ] merged with the Thai Rak Thai Party.

			He joined the Thai Rak Thai party (governing party) with Gen. Chavalit Yongchaiyudh. ] returned to be the Leader of the Mass Party Chingchai Mongkoltham and decided to continue the ]. While Lieutenant Colonel Thita Rangsitpol Manitkul<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.ryt9.com/s/refg/228864\|title=รายชื่อผู้ได้รับเลือกตั้งเป็นส.ส.แบบบัญชีรายชื่อ - ความหวังใ...\|website=Ryt9.com\|accessdate= 14 February 2019}}</ref> WRTA join the opposition party and became Deputy Secretary of the Democrat party. <ref>พ.ท.หญิง ฐิฏา เองเป็นสมาชิกพรรคประชาธิปัตย์ตั้งแต่ปี 2545 และเป็นอดีต ส.ส.พรรคประชาธิปัตย์ https://www.77kaoded.com/news/jenpasit/2214410#google_vignette </ref> Colonel Thita Rangsitpol Manitku remains the only MP moving from the opposition party government during her tenure as a member of the House of Representatives.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://thailandtwilight.wordpress.com/2009/01/07/%e0%b8%a5%e0%b8%b2%e0%b8%81%e0%b9%84%e0%b8%aa%e0%b9%89-%e0%b8%9e%e0%b8%b1%e0%b8%99%e0%b8%98%e0%b8%a1%e0%b8%b2%e0%b8%a3-%e0%b8%9c%e0%b8%a5%e0%b8%b2%e0%b8%8d%e0%b9%81%e0%b8%9c%e0%b9%88%e0%b8%99-45/\|title=ลากไส้ "พันธมาร" ผลาญแผ่นดิน (ตอนที่ 8 ทักษิณ 2)\|date=7 January 2009\|website=Thailandtwilight.wordpress.com\|accessdate=14 February 2019}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.nationmultimedia.com/homeEx-Member-can-join-any-party-58891.html \|title=Ex-members can join any party - the Nation \|website=www.nationmultimedia.com \|access-date=12 January 2022 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011142925/http://www.nationmultimedia.com/homeEx-Member-can-join-any-party-58891.html \|archive-date=11 October 2016 \|url-status=dead}}</ref>

			== ] ==

			He was re-elected as a representative of the TRT party list. As one of 111 executive members of the TRT, he was banned from political activities for five years after the ]. He expressed no wish to return to politics after the ban expired.<ref>{{Cite news \|url=http://www.siamintelligence.com/111-return-subtle-impact/ \|title=การกลับมาของบ้านเลขที่ 111 ไม่มีอะไรเปลี่ยนแปลงที่ "หลังฉาก" \|newspaper=Siam Intelligence \|date=5 June 2012 \|language=Thai \|access-date=12 November 2018 \|archive-date=25 March 2019 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190325114416/http://www.siamintelligence.com/111-return-subtle-impact/ \|url-status=dead }}</ref>

			== Awards and recognition ==
			# 1995 Thailand Education Reform
			# 1996 "During his trip to the Philippines, H.E. Mr. Sukavich Rangsitpol was conferred an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Education by the Philippine Normal University. His will to reform education and strong leadership in educational management were highly commended."<ref>{{cite web \| url=https://www.seameo.org/vl/library/dlwelcome/photogallery/president/sukavich.htm \| title=H e Mr Sukavich Rangsitpol }}</ref><ref>{{cite web \| url=https://www.seameo.org/vl/library/dlwelcome/photogallery/president/sukavich.htm \| title=SEAMEO Secretariat }}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.seameo.org/vl/library/dlwelcome/photogallery/president/sukavich.htm \|title=H e Mr Sukavich Rangsitpol \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220904100222/https://www.seameo.org/vl/library/dlwelcome/photogallery/president/sukavich.htm \|archive-date=4 September 2022 \|url-status=dead}}</ref>
			# 1997 ACEID awards for excellence in education<ref>https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000114483 {{Bare URL inline\|date=October 2022}}</ref>
			# 1998 Educational innovation and information<ref>https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000141834 {{Bare URL inline\|date=October 2022}}</ref>

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Sukavich Rangsitpol
สุขวิช รังสิตพล

DeputyPrime Minister ofThailand
In office 25 October 1994 – 11 December 1994
Prime Minister	Chuan Leekpai
In office 25 November 1996 – 8 November 1997
Prime Minister	Chavalit Yongchaiyudh
Minister of Education
In office 13 July 1995 – 24 November 1996
Prime Minister	Banharn Silpa-archa
In office 25 November 1996 – 14 August 1997
Prime Minister	Chavalit Yongchaiyudh

Personal details
Born	(1935-12-05) 5 December 1935 (age 89) Bangkok, Thailand
Political party	New Aspiration Thai Rak Thai
Spouse	Pewpong Narongdej (m. 1964)
Children	3

Sukavich Rangsitpol (Template:Lang-th RTGS: Sukkhawit Rangsitphon; born 5 December 1935) is a Thai education reformer, and politician. He served as Deputy Prime Minister (1994, 1996–97) and Minister of Education(1995–97).

In 1995, as minister of education, Rangsitpol laid out his plans for educational reform in Thailand. The goal of education reform is to realize the potential of Thai people to develop themselves for the better quality of life and to develop the nation for peaceful co-existence in the world community. The reform was considered a landmark movement after nearly 100 years of education under the previous system.

Early Life and Education

Rangsitpol completed a bachelor's degree in political science at Thammasat University in 1960 and the Management Development Program of the Asian Institute of Management, Manila, in 1976, Management Program for Executive, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1985 and Distinguished Senior Executive Program, Harvard University in 1991. He was chairman and managing director of Caltex Oil Thailand during the early 1990s before became a politician. He also was the eighth President of Political Science Association of Thammsat University. and he was the 9th President of Thammasat University Associationbetween 1989-1992 He also received Honorable Doctor of Philosophy from Ramkhamhaeng University and Mahamakut Buddhist University.

Between 1993 and 1994, he was the governor of the Expressway and Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (ETA). In 1994, while he was the Director of Mass Transit Authority of Thailand, his achievement was The master plan of Bangkok Metropolitan Mass Transit (1994/2537). In 1995, Rangsitpol joined the New Aspiration Party (NAP) and was appointed deputy prime minister in Chuan Leekpai's cabinet in October of the same year. The world's longest bridge (between 2000-2010) was an achievement of Rangsitpol, deputy prime minister of the Chuan Leekpai Cabinet (1992-1995).

Deputy Prime Minister under Chaun

Foreign investors have regained confidence in Thai markets following his new position as deputy prime minister.The world's longest bridge (between 2000-2010) was an achievement of Rangsitpol, deputy prime minister of the Chuan Leekpai Cabinet (1992-1995).At that time Thailand already had already had two failed projects Lavalin Skytrain and Bangkok Elevated Road and Train System. One of his election platforms was to get a mass transit system in Bangkok by 2000. Foreign investment was set to increase if he remained in office for two years. Thailand's top diplomat in Hong Kong said. Unfortunately, It was not meant to be.

1995 Thai general election

He served as minister of education in Banharn Silpa-archa's cabinet in July 1995, he also launched a series of education reforms in 1995. The aim was to enhance the quality of education from 1995 to achieve educational excellence by 2007.

Thailand Education Reform 1995

In 1995 as the minister of education, Rangsitpol, launched a series of education reforms with the stated goal of helping the Thai people to develop themselves for a better quality of life and to develop the nation for a peaceful co-existence in the global community. Since December 1995, activities have been conducted in four main areas:

School reform - Efforts were stepped up to standardize the quality of education at all levels and types of schools and educational institutions. Educational coverage has been expanded.
Teacher reform - Teacher training and recruitment were reformed in public and private schools. Educational administrators and personnel have been developed.
Curriculum reform - Curriculum and teaching-learning processes have been reformed to raise academic quality at all levels.
Administrative reform - Educational institutions have been empowered to make administrative decisions and offer appropriate educational services consistent with the local lifestyle and conditions. Provincial organizations have been strengthened to facilitate this, while private participation of the family and community has been promoted and supported.

He implemented the School-based Management (SBM) policy in 1997 to overcome a profound educational system crisis.

According to UNESCO, Thailand's education reform has led to the following results

The government provides free 12 years of education for all children. Eighth Thailand's National Social and Economic Development Plan was also written to support the implementation of an education reform program. This program was later added to the 1997 Constitution of Thailand and gave access to all citizens.

The educational budget increased from 133 billion baht in 1996 to 163 billion baht in 1997 (22.5% increase)

Since 1996, first-grade students have been taught English as a second or foreign language and computer literacy.

The Thai government approved professional advancement from teacher level 6 to level 7 without having to submit academic work for consideration.

World Bank report that after the 1997 Asian financial crisis Income in the northeast, the poorest part of Thailand, has risen by 46 percent from 1998 to 2001 due to Education For All. Nationwide poverty fell from 21.3 to 11.3 percent.

1996 Thai general election

He was elected to the House of Representatives in 1996, representing Bangkok's 13th constituency. After New Aspiration's electoral victory, He became a deputy prime minister and Minister of Education. The Member of the Constitutional Drafting Council was elected by the National Assembly (Thailand) on 26 December 1996, after 1996 Thai general election. The 1997 constitution of Thailand was the achievement of him as deputy prime minister and education minister of Chavalit Yongchaiyudh Cabinet (November 1996- November 1997). The Prime Minister resigned after 1997 Asian financial crisis. The constitution of Thailand enacted on 11 October 1997 to replace the 1991 Constitution, and was widely hailed as a landmark in Thai democratic constitutional reform as well as his 1995 education reform. The 1997 constitution was the first constitution to be drafted by a popularly elected Constitutional Drafting Assembly, hence was popularly called the "People's Constitution". The 1997 constitution created a bicameral legislature. For the first time in Thai history, both houses were directly elected. Many human rights are explicitly acknowledged in the text, and measures were established to increase the stability of elected governments. There are List of massacres in Thailand before and after the "People's Constitution" and it is remained the only one with out any violence.Moreover, he served as the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO)

Golden Triangle (Southeast Asia)

The United Nations (VIENNA) announced that “South East Asian and Chinese Ministers Step up Joint Efforts To Fight Drug Production, Trafficking, Abuse Cambodia, China, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam Endorse UN Initiatives “

The Golden Triangle was one of the world's two largest opium producing areas in 1995. 11 July 1997 His Excellency Sukavich Rangsitpol, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education of Thailand held the meeting of six East Asian countries in Bangkok, to endorse a number of new measures. He aimed at strengthening cooperation to combat drug abuse and trafficking in the subregion. The six countries are Cambodia, China, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Viet Nam and Thailand.

They participated in the areas of law enforcement, demand reduction and eradication of illicit crops under a 1993 agreement with the Vienna-based UN International Drug Control Programme (UNDCP).

After two-day meeting,consultation of senior officials of the six Governments and the UNDCP, launched several new drug control projects, which results in including an arrangement to improve the exchange of intelligence on trafficking syndicates and the programmes to train police, the customs, the prosecutorial and the judicial staff.Moreover Myanmar, China and the UNDCP agreed on a project combining drug control and help to provide basic needs for poor people in the Wa region of Myanmar's Eastern Shan State, near the Chinese border.

The proposed of the Wa project was to strengthen communities and to provide them with alternative means of livelihood so that they can abandon cultivation of opium poppy. According to the UNDCP, the region formed by adjacent border areas of Lao PDR, Myanmar and Thailand was one of the world's two largest opium plantations . Cambodia, China and Viet Nam were transit countries for the heroin production of the opium and sent exclusively to North America. Chemicals used to process heroin from opium, or for production of amphetamine-type stimulants, are also trafficked across national frontiers. The National Frontier was the route for the drug’s trafficking to deliver Chemical used to process heroin from opium and the ingredient to produce type stimulants amphetamine.The Ministers also agreed to step up efforts to prevent the demand for illicit drugs.

Rangsitpol was the chairman of the ministerial meeting. The others were Mathly Rim Skadavy, Special Advisor to the Minister of Interior of Cambodia; Bai Jingfu, Vice-Commissioner of the National Narcotics Control Commissioner and Vice-Minister of Public Security of China; Soubanh Srithirath, Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs and Chairman of the Commission for Drug Control of the Lao PDR; Lt. General Maung Thint, Minister for Border Areas, National Races and Development Affairs of Myanmar; and Hoang Duc Nghi, Chairman of the National Drug Control Programme and Minister of the Committee for Ethnic Minorities and Mountainous Areas of Viet Nam.

Because of his education reform for all Thai children,he have journeyed tens of thousands of kilometers, visited thousands of schools and talked to tens of thousands of students teachers and school administrators.

While he was in the northern Thailand he learned that the UNDCP, the subregion has been experiencing a recent upsurge in abuse of heroin and synthetic stimulants. After he help Them updated their drug control action plan to better reflect the current abuse, production and trafficking patterns in the region as well as recent developments in national and regional drug control policies mandated by the earlier plan.The earlier plan was adopted at a ministerial meeting held in Beijing in 1995. The UNDCP ‘s 11 projects in the areas of demand reduction, crop reduction and law enforcement. Was cooperating by the six countries since 1995.

The delegation also suggested that investments in infrastructure and hotels would be better choice in the globalization world . There had been reported that the Golden Triangle (Southeast Asia) ‘s poppy cultivation decreased more than 80 percent from 1998.

2001 Thai general election

After the election in 2001, Thaksin Shinawatra, the Leader of the Thai Rak Thai Party, became prime minister. The New Aspiration Party joined the government . Shortly after that New Aspiration Party was merged with the Thai Rak Thai Party. He joined the Thai Rak Thai party (governing party) with Gen. Chavalit Yongchaiyudh. Chalerm Yubamrung returned to be the Leader of the Mass Party Chingchai Mongkoltham and decided to continue the New Aspiration Party. While Lieutenant Colonel Thita Rangsitpol Manitkul WRTA join the opposition party and became Deputy Secretary of the Democrat party. Colonel Thita Rangsitpol Manitku remains the only MP moving from the opposition party government during her tenure as a member of the House of Representatives.

2005 Thai general election

He was re-elected as a representative of the TRT party list. As one of 111 executive members of the TRT, he was banned from political activities for five years after the 2006 coup d'état. He expressed no wish to return to politics after the ban expired.

Awards and recognition

1995 Thailand Education Reform
1996 "During his trip to the Philippines, H.E. Mr. Sukavich Rangsitpol was conferred an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Education by the Philippine Normal University. His will to reform education and strong leadership in educational management were highly commended."
1997 ACEID awards for excellence in education
1998 Educational innovation and information

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