THE PARTICIPATION OF COMMUNITY COMMITTEE IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT KHOKHAN SUB – DISTRICT KHOAPANOM DISTRICT KRABI PROVINCE

Abstract

The objectives of this research were to (1) study the participation of community committee in community in community development of khokhan sub-district, Khoapanom district, Krabi province, to(2) compare the participation of community committee in community development, and to (3) study the suggestions on participation of community committee in community development. This study is quantitative research with apopulationconsisting of 150 community committee from 7 villages in Khokhansub-district, khoapanom district, Krabi province withthe ofstatistically significant difference at 0.05.

          The findings were as follows:

          1) The participation in community development by the village committee inKhokhansub-district was at highlevel and participatory practice aspect was the highest followed by the aspect of follow-up and evaluation whereas the aspect of planning was the lowest level.

          2) The comparative result in participatory community development of the committee showed that the committee with different education, career and income performed different participation in community development with astatistically significant difference at 0.05 whereas the participation in community development of the committee with gender, age,and marital status was not statistically significant difference at the 0.05.

1. Finding on the suggestions on participation of community committee in community development revealed that the committee should have self-sacrifice for social work and moreparticipate in planning by proposing projectwith clear objectives, to help communitywith public relations and to give an opportunity to general people in continuous participation in any activities in community including more listening to all opinions of people.