Powers
and Duties of Suan Sunandha Rajabhat
University By virtue of
the Rajabhat University Act B.E. 2547,
Chapter 1, General Provisions, Section
7, the university shall be an
institution of higher education for
local development that enhances the
intellectual power of the country,
revives learning, honors local wisdom,
creates arts and sciences for stable and
sustainable progress of the people, and
participates in the management,
maintenance, and utilization of natural
resources and the environment in a
balanced and sustainable
manner. The objectives are to
provide education, promote academic and
advanced professions, conduct teaching
and research, provide academic services
to society, improve, transfer, and
develop technology, nurture arts and
culture, produce teachers, and promote
teacher qualifications. Section 8:
In order to achieve the objectives under
Section 7, the duties of the university
are as follows: (1) To seek truth
for academic excellence based on local
wisdom, Thai wisdom, and universal
wisdom. (2) To produce graduates
with knowledge and morality, who are
aware of their Thai identity, love and
are attached to their locality, and to
promote lifelong learning in the
community to help local people keep up
with changes. (3) To enhance
knowledge and understanding of value,
awareness, and pride in local and
national cultures. (4) To educate
and strengthen community leaders,
religious leaders, and local politicians
to have democratic consciousness,
morality, ethics, and the ability to
manage and develop communities and local
areas for public benefit. (5) To
strengthen the teaching profession,
produce and develop teachers and
educational personnel to have quality
and standards appropriate for high-level
professions. (6) To coordinate
cooperation and mutual assistance
between universities, communities, local
administrative organizations, and other
organizations both domestically and
internationally for local
development. (7) To study and seek
ways to develop local technology and
modern technology appropriate for the
lives and occupations of local people,
including seeking ways to promote
management, maintenance, and utilization
of natural resources and the environment
in a balanced and sustainable
manner. (8) To study, research,
promote, and continue projects resulting
from royal initiatives in the
implementation of the university's
missions for local
development. Furthermore, Suan
Sunandha Rajabhat University must carry
out its roles, powers, duties, and
responsibilities in accordance with the
Civil Service Act in Higher Education
Institutions B.E. 2547 and its
amendments (No. 2) B.E. 2551, as well as
the Civil Service Commission
regulations, announcements, and other
relevant laws in effect.
