Authors : Pongpan Sunthornchai, Sunthorn Khotbunthou, Pairoj Boujai and Penkair Thamaseananupap
Abstract: This study aimed to investigate the effects of waste management training program on knowledge and awareness of waste management of 54 administrators in the subdistrict administration organizations in Nongkhai Province with different ages, positions and educational levels. They were purposively selected. The research instruments included a waste management training program for 3 days, a questionnaire on knowledge of waste managementand a questionnaire on awareness of waste management. The collected data were analyzed by the uses of percentage, mean, standard deviation, paired t-test and F-test (One-way ANCOVA). The major firdings revealed that the administrators in the subdistrict administration organizations showed gains in knowledge and awareness of waste management from before training (p<0.05). The subdistrict administrators with different ages and educational levels did not indicate this knowledge and awareness differently. However, the secretary to the subdistrict administrator and the deputy of the subdistrict administrators indicated more knowledge than the head of the subdistrict administrators (p<0.05). Whereas, the subdistrict administrators with different positions did not show awareness differently (p>0.05).
Pongpan Sunthornchai, Sunthorn Khotbunthou, Pairoj Boujai and Penkair Thamaseananupap, 2010. The Study of Effects of the Waste Management Training Program on Knowledge and Awareness of Waste Management of the Administrators in the Subdistrict Administration Organizations. Pakistan Journal of Social Sciences, 7: 292-294.