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SUMMARY:GSEF Talk - ‘Is Education Effective in Tackling Collective Corru
 ption in Thailand?’ - Dr. VIRACHAI TECHAVIJIT (Former Advisor to the Tha
 i Prime Minister / Founder and Chairman of the Regent's Schools)
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CONTACT:Natthapoj Vincent Trakulphadetkrai
DESCRIPTION:.\n\n\nABSTRACT\n\nA major poll taken just before the last Tha
 iland general election in July indicated that 62% of those polled supporte
 d corruption as long as they too would benefit. This is known as collectiv
 e corruption in which all those involved profit. They are trapped in a soc
 ial ‘black hole’.\n\nOnly a major change in the social mindset by mean
 s of educational reform has any hope of tackling this wicked status quo. R
 uling politicians are not interested in such change. Social upheaval is li
 kely to precede it\, but political manoeuvring will prolong it. What is ev
 en worse is that there is no guarantee of proper social reform after such 
 an upheaval. What is needed is nothing short of a miracle!\n\nThis lecture
  aims to provide a complete blue print of effective educational reform tha
 t will wipe out collective corruption and in addition will advise how to p
 revent such a blue print being scrapped by corrupt politicians.\n\n\n.\n\n
 \nABOUT THE SPEAKER\n\nDr. Virachai is the Founder and Chairman of The Reg
 ent’s Schools (Thailand and UK) and has served as the Consul General a.h
 . of the Republic of Estonia in Thailand since 1998\, and as the Board Dir
 ector of the World Federation of Consuls since 2007.\n\nPrior to that\, Dr
 . Virachai used to serve as Chairman of the World Federation of Consuls’
  Education Committee (2007-2010)\; Advisor of Thailand’s Senate Committe
 e on Education (2003-2006)\; Vice President of the International Schools A
 ssociation of Thailand (2003-2005)\; National Chairman of ASEAN-U.S. Busin
 ess Council (1990-2003)\; Advisor to the Thai Prime Minister on Economic a
 nd International Affairs (1996-1997)\, among several other roles.\n\n(www.
 regents.ac.th)\n\n\n.
LOCATION:Seminar Room GS4\, Faculty of Education\, University of Cambridge
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