Development of Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) Guidelines for Vocational Education Provision Program in Industrial Trade

Abstract

Collaboration in the provision of vocational education of state-private sectors is the key to success in building a quality workforce that can meet the demands of the labor market. This research examines the cooperation in the production of labor shortages in Thailand, especially in the field of industrial technicians. The researcher used a mixed-method research and divided the study into 3 phases in order to obtain the data from the relevant agencies. The results showed that there are 5 components of public-private partnership factors in the management of vocational education: 1) Management and Administration, the variance is explained by 12.948 percent; 2) Executive Roles, the variance can be explained by 11.988 percent. Component; 3) Policy to support cooperation, the variance is explained by 11.226 percent; 4) Coordination Links, the variance can be explained by 10.363%.; and 5: Academic and Professional Cooperation, the variance can be explained by 10.266 percent. These components describe the factors of public-private cooperation in the management of vocational education; however, thereare 3 approaches that can be drawn for the guidelines to promote the public-private partnership in the industrial technicians, namely 1) School-based Collaboration; 2) School and Enterprise Based Collaboration; and 3) Enterprise-based Cooperation.