Public participation of the people in driving the 5 Precepts Village Project in the area of Mueang Surin District Surin Province

Abstract

         The objectives of this thesis article were 1) to study the level of opinions and the public participation in driving the Five Precept Villages Project in Mueang Surin District, Surin Province 2) to compare the public participation in driving the Five Precept Villages Project in Mueang Surin District, Surin Province, classified by gender, age, education level, and occupation 3) to study suggestions for the public participation in driving the Five Precept Villages Project in Mueang Surin District, Surin Province. The population was 12,913 people. The sample group was 375 people. It was a quantitative research. The instrument used to collect data was a 5 - level rating scale questionnaire with content validity equal to 0.67 -1.00 and reliability equal to .92. The Statistics used in data analysis include frequency, percentage, mean, and standard deviation. The statistics used in hypothesis testing included t-test and F-test (One-Way ANOVA) values.

         The results of the research found that:

         1. Public Participation of the People in Driving the 5 Precepts Village Project in the Area of Mueang Surin District Surin Province Overall, it is at a moderate level. is the aspect of joint thinking, followed by the aspect of joint monitoring and evaluation for integration. The aspect with the lowest average was the aspect of joint practice.

         2. The Results of comparing the level of opinions and the public participation in driving the Five Precept Villages Project, classified by gender, age, and occupation were not different. Classified by educational level In terms of participation in monitoring and evaluation, they were integrated and not different. Other than that, they were significantly different at the .05 level.

         3. Suggestions for the public participation in driving the Five Precept Villages Project, found that people should be more involved in expressing their opinions on problems arising from project implementation, Participated in problem solving happened from project implementation, and there should be more involved in thinking about project management etc.