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Good Practices from AAOU Members

The 5-Year Development Plan (2018-2022)
STOU has the five-year development plan which is the determination of the operation plan of
various work units of the university during the next five years on a continuous basis (Rolling
Plan). Every work unit must determine its routine operation plan and the operation plan for
the works designated specifically for each fiscal year for the duration of five years that covers
instructional media production and improvement plan, curriculum improvement for every five
years, and investment plan, etc.

Table 1
The 20-Year University Development Plan (2018-2037) and the Transmission into Activities/
Projects to Be Undertaken in the First 5-Year Development Plan (2018-2022)

20-Year Vision “Being a leading open university of the world that uses distance education
for STOU system technology and innovations to create lifelong self-learning opportunity
for everybody”
Reinventing Area-Based and Community Strategic intent University (Adjusted in
University accordance to the verdict of the University Council, February 27, 2020)

“Goals of STOU Phase 1 (61-65) Phase 2 (66-70) Phase 3 Phase 4 (76-
Development (71-75) 80)
Plan (2018- Reform for Strengthening Development Universal Striving
2037)”
of Infrastructure of Contents Platform toward
Quality Suited & Open “Being a
1. Development of the for Technological university leading
organization toward Advancement organization
the provision of quality that provide
educational services 1. STOU Platform lifelong
with innovations and 2. Collaboration self-learning
creative thinking with the opportunity
2. Development and state sector, for all
improvement of private sector, people”
the programs to be community,
relevant to the needs and people in
of people, community society
and society 3. Big data
3. Development of digital 4. Shared Platform
education & Shared
4. Creation of Educational Economy
equality and reduction
of educational disparity
in terms of both
quantity and quality

Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University (STOU)