Banchmarking Quality Education form the External Quality Assessment in Faculty of Education Uttardit Rajabhat University

Abstract

          The purposes of this research were 1)to study the benchmarking of educational quality competencies from the third round in Office of Nation Education Standards and Quality Assessment of external quality assessment of the Faculty of Education, Uttaradit Rajabhat University when compared with the Faculty of Education of the Northern Rajabhat University and the Faculty of Education of Rajabhat University, and 2) to synthesize suggestions for the results of the third round of educational quality assessment of the Faculty of Education, Rajabhat University. The samples were Faculty of Education, Uttaradit Rajabhat University which had been evaluated by the Office for National Education Standards and Quality Assessment (Public Organization) (ONESQA) for the year 2011-2015 included 36 Rajabhat Universities acquired by purposive sampling. The research instrument used in the research was the data recording form of the third round of external quality assessment of higher education. The statistics used for data analysis were the mean, standard deviation, standard score, percent and Percentile.

          The findings of the study were as follows:

1. The result of benchmarking of educational quality assessment- a total of 18 indicators was found that the Faculty of Education, Uttaradit Rajabhat University had the benchmarking score results higher than the standard scores both at the Rajabhat University level in the north and the lower northern region of Rajabhat University, Upper Rajabhat University level, and all Rajabhat Universities.
2. The synthesis results, the results of synthesizing the recommendations of the results of the third round of educational quality assessment of the Faculty of Education, Rajabhat University classified by indicators in descending order of frequency The results were as follows: Graduate quality indicator, the performance quality of master's and doctoral graduates should be enhanced for publication in international academic journals with high impact factors in order to increase the potential of students and faculty being able to compete internationally. Research and creative works indicator should be promoted, pushed, and had concrete policies and guidelines for instructors to do researches or creative works and encourage more publications at both national and international levels with a clear incentive and reward system, along with a follow-up system. Academic service indicators should encourage teachers to participate in giving, providing academic services to society and applying the results to the development of teaching and learning and researches. Preservation of arts and culture indicator should encourage to participate in the project and do activities in the area of preserving arts and culture with the university in a systematic way. Development of institutions and personnel indicator should develop a power rate planning because more than 60 percent of the faculty members are in the instructor position and accelerate the creation of academic works and researches to lead to requests for academic positions of instructor in their affiliations for a period of 3-5 years. Quality assurance systems indicator should be developed an information system, a system of plans and the use of evidence for qualitative management in the implementation of management activities and course implementation should be clear on the systems and mechanisms.