Newsgroups: soc.culture.thai
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 12:41:13 -0400 
From: Schitt Laowattana <sl2k+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: On salary of S&T Manpower

Excerpts from mail: 12-Oct-92  by Thanachart Numnonda@ccu1 

>    I've read your recently posting regarding to a salary of an instructor,
> and the demand of the Manpower.

[Schitt]:

    Thank you for your interest.
 
>    Firstly, I guess that the issue of the salary is just only a proposal
> by some government organisation. It will be rejected if this issue sent to
> the cabinet or the ministry of finiance.

[Schitt]:

    It is in the final report submitted to NESDB (National Economics and
Social Development Board) as a guidline for S&T manpower development in
the seventh plan. I hope the second time, this proposal is not rejected
by the government.

>    Secondly, How did you consider that amount of pay? Compare to the private
> sector, probably it still too low. However, if you compare with other
> instructors in different faculties (Social Science, etc.), this rate is
> probably unfair for them.

    We must improve salary of S&T manpower before they all move to
industry. Braindrain from universities to private sector are 1,684
persons during 2528-2532.  1,171 out of these people are in S&T.        
                    
    Yes, this salary is still low when comapred with one from private
sectors.  After separating universities from governmental affairs,
universities must find other source of income to provide resonable
salaries to its highly qualified personel.  The procedure to evaluate
their performance is currently being studied and will definitely be
introduced to distinguish productive people from inert ones.  I don't
have much time to talk about it now.   In this new system, we are able
to fire people who are not qualified.

    If we have problems of human shortage in social sciences, we should
certainly employ similar solutions. Although the problem may not be very
severe like in S&T field, the government still needs to provide enough
budget to maintain the momentum of social sciences for the sake of our
social development in discipline and morality.  I am interest in
developing enough materials for survival and those social scientists
will help guiding the right direction for our society.  

>    Thirdly, According to the statistic on S&T manpower, some engineers will
> be unemployed. Probably the demand is much less than the supply. Do you
> think that the government will not take any action regarding to the high
> pay of future instructors? Probably, give us less pay to employ more people.

[Schitt]

    The right solution is to increase demand.

>    Finally, Can you introduce yourself a little bit more? You make me a bit
> confuse. Are you on leave or what? I guess that you are currently a lecturer
> in KMIT, and probably a director of some institute.

    I am an ordinary enginerring instructor (lowest rank) at the
department of Mechanical Engineering, King Mongkut's Institute of
Technology Thonburi (KMITT) - THAILAND.  Currently, I involve in the
establishment of the center of operation for FIeld roBOtics
development(FIBO).  My fields of interest are robotic dexterity and
factory automation.

With Great Respect,
Schitt  Laowattana 
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