Siripan Choomnoom PhD

President, Institute of Vocational Education Bangkok Council Office of the Vocational Education Commission

Siripan Choomnoom received bachelor and master degrees from Oklahoma State University, U.S.A. and a doctorate degree in Occupational Education from Cornell University, U.S.A. She has a long experience in TVET system both in Thailand and at aninternational level.

She worked as a government officer for Office of the Vocational Education (OVEC), Ministry of Education, and her last position was Deputy-Secretary General of OVEC. After that, she served as a consultant of UNESCO, Regional Office, Bangkok, on Quality Improvement of TVET in Lao PDR, as a researcher, and as a resource person on TVET for UNESCO, GIZ, SEAMEO VOTECH, KENAN Foundation Asia and others.

At present (2023), Siripan is the President of the Institute of Vocational Education Bangkok Council, a Member of Vocational Education Commission, Ministry of Education, Chair of Public and Private Sub-Committee on International Cooperation at the Office of the Vocational Education Commission, Advisor and Chair of Policy and Plan Scrutinizing Sub-Committee of the Thailand Professional Qualification Institute(TPQI), Chair of the National Sub-Committee on Developing National System in Validation of Learning and Experiences for Continuing Education, and Senior Specialist of the Office of Education Council on the National Qualification Framework (NQF) of Thailand.

At present, she is working on a Green TVET concept and implementation plan for TVET institutes.