15. School attendance and grade, as of January 1970
(For persons 5-29 years of age only)
[] Attend school: ______ grade
[] Not attend school
[] Attend school but do not know grade
3.24 Education
Education levels can be categorized as follows.
3.24.1 Formal education, which is divided into:
a) Nursery (or pre-school)
b) Primary education: P1 - P4 and P5 - P7 (M1 - M3 of the old system).
[P = Prathom means primary levels]
[M = Mathayom means secondary level]
c) Secondary education:
Lower secondary education: MS1 - MS3 (M4 - M6 of the old system)
Upper secondary education: MS4 - MS5 (M7 - M8 of the old system)
[MS = Mathayomsuksa also means secondary level]
3.19.2 Vocational Education
Before 1961, vocational education was divided into:
a) Lower vocation: accepts those who complete P4; the curriculum is 3 years.
b) Upper vocation: accepts those who complete M3; the curriculum is 3 years.
c) Higher vocation: accepts those who complete M6; the curriculum is 3 years.
After 1961, vocational education was divided into:
a) Lower secondary vocational education: accepts those who complete P7; the curriculum is 3 years. (MS1-MS3)
b) Upper secondary vocational education: accepts those who complete MS3; the curriculum is 3 years. (MS4-MS5)
In addition, there are vocational education levels for occupational certificate.
a) Vocational diploma: continues education from MS3 for 3 more years.
b) Higher vocational diploma: continues education from MS3 for 5 more years.
c) Vocational teacher training diploma: accepts those who complete vocational diploma or upper secondary vocational education; the curriculum is 2 years.
d) Secondary teacher training diploma: accepts those who complete higher vocational diploma; the curriculum is 1 year.
e) Higher certificate in technique teacher training: accepts those who complete higher vocational diploma; the curriculum is 2 years
f) Short-training course in vocational education (less than one-year curriculum): examples are Polytechnic school, technician school.
3.24.3 Tertiary Education means education in university, college, cadet school, police cadet school, or other higher institutions at the same level of the university.
3.24.4 Other Education: examples are teaching, nursing, arts, physical education, including other schools that are a part of other government agencies such as chemistry lab, train engineering, etc.
[From column 11 to column 16, record only persons who are 5 years or older. For children who are 4 years old or younger, write a dash.]
Columns 15 to 16: Education (See details in chapter 3 number 3.24)
Column 15: School attendance and grade
[Ask of persons aged 5-29 years only].
Ask "On January 1, 1970, did the person study in any school?"
If the answer is "study", ask which class the person attended and record in this column. Examples are: M.S.1 [year 1 of secondary level], P.4 [year 4 of primary level], year 2 of Mechanic College, or year 1 of Chulalongkorn University, etc.
If the person studied in vocational education without any general education program such as hair dressing, dress making, radio fixing courses, etc., record "No".
If the person did not study, record "No".
If the answer is "study" but the interviewee does not know the class or level, record "study, unknown class."
For persons younger than 5 or older than 29, write a dash.