The Office of the Higher Education Commission (OHEC, th, สำนักงานคณะกรรมการการอุดมศึกษา, ) is a department-level agency of the Thai government. It is the operating body of the Higher Education Commission, which oversees the country's universities and other higher education institutions.
The office was established as the Ministry of State University Affairs in 1972, operating as a sub-ministry under the
Office of the Prime Minister. It was elevated to ministry level in 1977, and became known as the Ministry of University Affairs (, ) until 2003, when it was restructured and absorbed into the
Ministry of Education
An education ministry is a national or subnational government agency politically responsible for education. Various other names are commonly used to identify such agencies, such as Ministry of Education, Department of Education, and Ministry of Pub ...
as the Office of the Higher Education Commission.
In 2019, the Office was transferred to the new
.
References
Government departments of Thailand
Education in Thailand
Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation (Thailand)
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