FACTORS EFFECTING SUCCESS IN IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DECENTRALZATION POLICY ON ACADEMIC AFFAIRS FOR SCHOOLS IN THE SOUTHERN NORTHEAST

Abstract

The main objectives of this study were to study/compare and to examine the linear relationship structure of factors effecting the Success in the Decentralization Policy Implementation on Academic Affairs (SDPIAA) of schools in the Lower Northeastern Region (LNR). Data from both questionnaire sets of 252 administrators and 252 teachers, 0.98 and 0.99 for alpha-reliabilities of both sets respectively, were employed in the study. The following statistics were applied: percentage, means, standard deviation, independent sample t-test, one-way analysis of variance with Scheffe’s post. hoc.test, and linear relationship structural analysis. Research fiffiifindings were as follows: 1) Factors affecting the SDPIAA of schools in the LNR, 6 aspects were found at the high level, namely a) development of school curriculum, b) development of learning managerial process and emphasizing learner as an importance, c) development of educational media and innovations and technology, d) development of learning resources, e) measurement and evaluation and learning credit transfering, and f) development of schools’ internal quality assurance system; 2) Factors affecting the SDPIAA of schools in the LNR, classified with the schoos sizes, all aspects were at the high level; 3) School sizes made this following 4 aspects as significantly difference at the .05 level, namely a) development of educational media and innovations and technology, b) development of learning resources, c) measurement and evaluation and learning credit transfering, and d) development of internal quality assurance system; 4) There was significant positive relationships on the SDPIAA of schools in the LNR at the .05 level; and 5) As a result of liniear relationship structure, it revealed the fit between empirical data and structural modeling were found.