Curriculum Development in Training on Environmental Impact Assessment for Local Government Officers

A various environmental impacts resolution, which are caused by current building construction projects, to give knowledge about environmental impact assessment in order to be an awareness for the local government officers who are responsible in their areas by a short term training method, which under limited fund especially, it would be able to specifically define a wanted issue. This research purposes were to develop the training curriculum on Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the local government officers to comparing their knowledge and awareness after training. The sample composed of 39 officers as a agent who is in the part of Mahasarakham Province s population, which have been selected by a purposive sampling technique. The research design was just one group pre-test and post-test. The data collection was analyzed by percentage usage and t-test. The study results are as following: the training curriculum development on EIA for the local government officers was rated as a high efficiency. The local government officers had knowledge and awareness on EIA after training was rated higher that before training (p<0.05).