Final Report Chapter 5 Mid-Term Development Plan Figure 5.4-1 shows the relation between the number of subscribers and the number of staff in Laos, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippine and Thailand to the number of staff engaged in their respective communication sector for the period, 2000 through 2011 according to World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators 2012, and according to this graph, in case, the total number of subscribers is assumed as 50 million, the total number of staff engaged in the communication sector will be approx. 350,000. No. of Staff Approx. formula Subs Figure 5.4-1 Relation between Total logarithmic no. of subscribers (fixed + mobile) vs. Total no. of staff in communication sector in Each Countries in ASEAN nations excluding Vietnam Source: Japanese Survey Team has taken from World Telecommunication /ICT Indicators 2012 to show the relation between Total no. of subscribers (Fixed + Mobile) and No. of staff in communication sector. According to ITU World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators 2012, the total no. of staff engaged in communication sector is reported as 12,107, then the total no. of staff required will be three times of the present no. of staff. Present status of human training system in MPT is provided through TPTC (Telecommunication and Postal Training Center) This training center was established in 1968 to provide a radio course and a telegraph controller course, and in 1977 through 1993, training project for telecommunication engineers through the aid by United Nation. At present, there are 71 courses for ICT and 23 courses for trainers. Total no. of staff trained in 2012 reaches 3,825 persons. No. of student are selected from staff of MPT, the short-term training and the mid-term training are provided. Thus, the training center has been responsible for train the staff to handle the communication infrastructures in Myanmar. 5-33