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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nNXPO\u202fconducted\u202fa survey on workforce demands\u202fin the next five years (2020-2024)\u202fin\u202f12 target\u202findustries\u202f-\u202fBiofuels & Biochemicals, Digital Industry, Aviation & Logistics, Wellness & Medical Devices, Automation & Robotics,\u202fModern Transport, Smart Electronics, High-quality and Wellness Tourism, Agriculture & Biotechnology, Food Processing, Defense Industry and Education and Training.\u202f The study\u202frevealed that\u202fthere is a strong\u202fdemand\u202ffor\u202ftalents, ranging from bachelor\u2019s to doctoral-degree holders to fulfill\u202f317,946\u202fjobs.\u202fOf these\u202fdemands, 145,613 jobs are in BCG sector (Bio-Circular-Green economy), which can be broken down to: 74,244 jobs in Agriculture & Food,\u202f20,153 jobs in Wellness &\u202fMedicine,\u202f9,836 jobs in Biofuels & Biochemicals\u202fand 41,380 jobs in Tourism and Creative Industry. While the education sector produces around 300,00 new graduates\/year, the demands for new talents in target industries are 63,589 persons\/year.\u202f <\/p>\n\n\n\n
These results showed that the country can produce more than enough workforce to supply to industries, but the problem lies\u202fin\u202fthe quality of workforce. Industries now look for candidates with cross-disciplinary knowledge and skills. The study further revealed the current skill gaps in foreign language, computer literacy, mathematics and computation, management, thinking and communication. The challenge for the government is therefore to create an education system as well as update\/redesign curricula\u202fand programs that will equip new graduates with knowledge and skills meeting the requirements of the industries, along with upskilling\u202fand reskilling\u202fprograms for current workforce\u202fwhich can be achieved\u202fthrough short courses, training and research.\u202f\u202f <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Board of Investment has announced\u202ffiscal measures\u202fto encourage companies to provide training and apprenticeship programs to\u202ftheir\u202femployees, including 250% tax exemption for training expenses – provided that the training is conducted by registered training organization and\u202fin the fields\u202flisted on\u202fthe Future Skills Set to be announced by NXPO, and 150% tax exemption for expenses spent on hiring employees with advanced STEM knowledge.\u202f <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Minister\u202fSuvit\u202fcomplimented the extensiveness of the study and its usefulness in setting the strategy and plan for manpower development. However, as the study was conducted\u202fprior to\u202fthe COVID-19 outbreak, the strategy and plan will need to be re-evaluated taking into account the impact of COVID-19.\u202fAs foreign investment will likely\u202fbe\u202fpulled out, local economy will become\u202fthe focus in the post-COVID\u202fperiod.\u202f Workforce demands in local economy will therefore need to be investigated. Reskilling\u202fprogram will be essential as the outbreak has re-shaped the economy, businesses\u202fand the job market.\u202f Minister\u202fSuvit\u202fsuggested that NXPO work with the private sector, economists and the Board of Investment on analyzing and developing the post-COVID scenarios of economy, investment and employment. Such scenarios will help\u202fdetermine manpower strategy and plan.\u202f <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" At the recent\u202fNXPO Executive Board Meeting chaired by D […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":4090,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en"],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/www.nxpo.or.th\/th\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/\u0e1b\u0e23\u0e30\u0e0a\u0e38\u0e21-\u0e01\u0e2d\u0e27\u0e0a.-16.4.63_200417_0004.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"wisanu","author_link":"https:\/\/www.nxpo.or.th\/th\/author\/wisanu\/"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.nxpo.or.th\/th\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/\u0e1b\u0e23\u0e30\u0e0a\u0e38\u0e21-\u0e01\u0e2d\u0e27\u0e0a.-16.4.63_200417_0004.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nxpo.or.th\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4172","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nxpo.or.th\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nxpo.or.th\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nxpo.or.th\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nxpo.or.th\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4172"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.nxpo.or.th\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4172\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4173,"href":"https:\/\/www.nxpo.or.th\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4172\/revisions\/4173"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nxpo.or.th\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nxpo.or.th\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nxpo.or.th\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nxpo.or.th\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.nxpo.or.th\/th\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/\u0e1b\u0e23\u0e30\u0e0a\u0e38\u0e21-\u0e01\u0e2d\u0e27\u0e0a.-16.4.63_200417_0050-1024x683.jpg\")
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