ADMINISTRATIVE FACTORS AFFECTING THEEFFECTIVENESS OF ACADEMIC AFFAIRS ADMINISTRATION IN SCHOOLS UNDER THE OFFICE OF MUKDAHAN PRIMARY EDUCATIONAL SERVICE AREA

Abstract

ABSTRACT

            The objectives of this study were to explore, compare, study the correlation, identify the predictive power and establish the guidelines for Administrative Factors Affecting the Effectiveness of Academic Affairs Administration in Schools Under the Mukdahan Primary Educational Service Area Office accordance with the perception of administrators and teachers categorized by positions, work experiences, and school sizes. The study was correlation research. The sample group, obtained a total of 353 participants consisting of 98 administrators and 255 teachers from 98 schools in the 2020 academic year, determining and appropriate sample size by using Krejcie and Morgan method and the multi-stage random sampling. The tool for data collection was a set of questionnaires with 0.946 reliability, the discrimination ranging between 0.239 and 0.690, and structured interview forms. Statistics for data analysis were frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, Independent Samples t-test, One-Way ANOVA, Pearson’s product-moment correlation coefficient, and Stepwise multiple regression analysis.

          The findings were as follows:

1.     The overall of administrative factors under the Mukdahan Primary Educational Service Area Office with the perception of administrators and teachers was at high level.


2.      the overall of effectiveness of academic affairs administration in schools under the Mukdahan Primary Educational Service Area Office with the perception of administrators and teachers was at high level.


3. The overall administrative factors, as perceived by participants revealed that in terms of positions was different at the .05 level of significance, in terms of work experience was no different and in terms of school sizes was different at the .05 level of significance.


4.     The effectiveness of academic affairs administration in schools, as perceived by participants revealed that in terms of positions was different at the .01 level of significance, in terms of work experience and school sizes were no different           


5. The administrative factors and the effectiveness of academic affairs administration in schools had a positive relationship at the highest level with the .01 level of significance.


6.     The administrative factors were able to predict the effectiveness of academic affairs administration in schools under the Mukdahan Primary Educational Service Area Office achieved the .01 level of significance, namely leadership aspect, budgeting and planning aspect and information technology aspect had the predictive power of 71.9 percent with the standard error estimate of ± 0.20345. 


7. The guidelines for developing the administrative factors consisted of three aspects. These aspects were 1) leadership aspect, administrators have wide vision and use rationale in school administration; 2) budgeting and planning aspect, administrators have an accounting system, have various methods in auditing, have effective and standard budgeting and planning; 3) Information technology aspect, administrators encourage training in using media, information technology in teaching and learning management.