Needs assessment on vocational short courses training of local people living in the buffer zone of Huaikhakaeng Wildlife Sanctuary in Uthaithani

Pongsak Kanchanakul

Needs assessment on vocational short courses training of local people living in the buffer zone of Huaikhakaeng Wildlife Sanctuary in Uthaithani

1998

Pongsak Kanchanakul

Most of local people who lived in the buffer zone of Huaikhakaeng wildlife sanctuary Uthaithani province were poor and did not have enough knowledge and skill to earn more income. The objectives of the study were to find the basic socio-economics of the population living in Huaikhakaeng widelife sanctuary buffer zone, to assess their trianing needs on vocational short-courses and to compare their trianing needs according to some selected variables. The sample of this study were 240 heads of the families in 5 selected villages. The data were collected by using interviewed schedule. The statistics used for analysing data were frequencies, percentages, arithmatic means and Chi-square. The results of the study were: Most of head of the families were male (70 percent) whose average age was 41 yearsold All to them were married with the average family members of 4 persons. The annual income was lower than 30,000 bath. Most of them finished primary school and worked in and agricultural area with a sideline in daily employment. The average owned land was 16 rai. Most of them had not been trained in vocation (81 percent). However, ninety percent of them wanted to get additional training in vocation with high priority in the areas of agriculture, mechanics and handcraft respectively. There were statistically significant in training needs between the different age and level of education at .05 level.

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