The Approach of Academic Affairs Management after Spreading Coronavirus disease 2019 Of School Under Saraburi primary Educational Service Area 1

Abstract

The objectives of this research were to: (1) study existing and desirable academic administration in the post COVID-19 situations at schools under the Saraburi Primary Educational Service Area Office 1, and (2) propose guidelines for academic administration in the post COVID-19 situations at these schools. A sample of 374 was randomly selected from administrators and teachers of the schools.  The research tools were a questionnaire with the reliability of 0.97 and a semi-structured interview schedule.  The statistics used were mean, standard deviation, and priority need indexes.

The results were (1) existing academic administration at the schools in the post COVID-19 situations, both overall and individual aspects, were at the high level, while those of desirable academic administration were at the very high levels; and        (2) guidelines for academic administration on the post COVID-19 situation at these schools, based on the found priority needs, were: for the aspect of curriculum development, conciseness and relevance to the post COVID19 situations should be considered, for the aspect of learning management, administrators and teachers should cooperatively adjust learning management and achievement evaluation criteria to be in lines with the curriculum objectives, and for the aspect of development and usage of educational technology, the administrators should provide workshops on applications, emphasizing equal accessibility of all students, to the teachers and the educational personnel.