สภาพและปัญหาการวางแผนพัฒนาการศึกษาแห่งชาติ ฉบับที่ 7 (พ.ศ. 2535-2539) / อรุณศรี ละอองแก้ว = State and problems of the formulation of the Seventh National Education Development Plan (B.E. 2535-2539) / Arunsri Laongkeao
The purpose of this research was to study the state and problems of the Seventh National Education Development Plan. Findings, based on interview, were as follows: 1. Pre-planning stage: Most interviewees were of the opinion that the compositions of Sub-committees were appropriate, and their duties were clearly set out. In addition, the interviewees thought that they fully understood their functions. Hence, they could perform their duties. This stage also embraced the following tasks: setting timeframe; preparation for data collection at both implementing agencies and NEC's Information Center; and institutional capacity development through training programs and seminars. However, major problems as ranked by most interviewees were identified as data were incomplete and outdated; personnel lacked understanding and experience, in particular, in project development; timeframe of national and implementing agencies overlapped each other; committee members could not devote time to attend the meeting; worse still those attended did not come on a regular basis resulting in the loss of conceptual thinking; and committee members from public sector outnumbered those from other sectors. 2. Planning stage: It was revealed that studies on educational context and problems were undertaken by the secretariat. In addition, during this stage the Seventh Plan's framework, objectives, policies, measures, and preliminary target setting were elaborated. Next were steps relating to analyses of programs/projects to be incorporated into the plan document. Problems pertaining to this stage, which were singled out by most interviewees, included evaluation of the Sixth Plan was not completed in time for the Seventh Plan formulation; research on planning was small in number; implementing agencies were slow in submitting projects; the Seventh Plan was not endorsed in time for annual budget preparation; some of the project submitted by implementing agencies were irrelevant to and inconsistent with policies; and policy statements were broad and universal resulting in non-specific directives.
