Social Capital and Development of Lifelong Learning Society

Abstract

Strategy of developing human resources to promote a sustainable lifelonglearning society is the one of development strategies in the Eleventh Plan of
Thailand. The important method to support this strategy is using the useful of social capital to develop a lifelong learning society. Social capital is the goodness
that was born and was collected in society for a long time. Social capital consists ofknowledge or wisdom, human or person, culture or custom, and social institution.These are significant for developing the lifelong learning society that includesformal education, non-formal education, and informal education.