PUBLIC CULTURAL MANPOWER PLANNING FOR DRAMATIC ARTS, MUSIC AND VISUAL ARTS PROGRAMS IN THAILAND 2557 TO 2559 (BE)

Abstract

The purposes of this research were (1) to examine public manpower required for cultural dramatic arts in faculties of Dramatic Arts, Music and Visual Arts in 2556 (BE), (2) to study the cultural manpower plan of public sectors for dramatic arts in faculties of Dramatic Arts, Music, Composers Arts and Visual Arts in from  2557 to 2559 (BE)  in Thailand

          The data were collected from a sample group of 1000 people who worked in the offices of Higher Education Commission, Basic Education Commission, Vocational Education Commission, Teacher Civil Service and Educational Personnel Commission and Private Education Commission, public and private universities, Pattaya City, Ministry of Interior and Ministry of Culture from the   four regions: northern, central, northeastern and southern parts.       

          The results showed that in 2556 (BE) there were 25,432 officers for dramatic arts in faculties of Dramatic Arts, Music and Visual Arts from the population of 64,623,000 people. The population increased from 66,000,000 people in 2557 (BE) to 68,000,000 people in 2558 (BE) and it was estimated that there would be 70,000,000 in 2559 (BE). Therefore, the increasing demand for personnel in art and culture should be correlated with the growth of the population so as to have the potential for producing teachers, researchers and educators in cultural and dramatic arts.