Study the Condition and Guidelines in the Information Management for Internal Quality Assurance Faculty of Education, Fatoni University

Abstract

This study was a mixed methods study aimed at: 1) studying the information management status of internal education quality assurance at the faculty of education,
2) comparing the opinion of academic staffs and sectors regarding  the information management status  of internal education quality assurance at the faculty of Education classifying by their position, gender, age, education, and work experience; and 3) studying the guidelines for managing the information of internal education quality assurance at the faculty of Education. The sample group was selected by random sampling with a total of 63 people included 15 faculty members, 36 academic staffs, and 11 academic support personnel. The research instruments were 1) a set of 5-scale questionnaires with a reliability of 0.98, and 2) the focus group interview note. The focus group interview was conducted with 12 selective personnel who are the executive board and internal education quality assurance staffs by using purposive sampling. The statistical data used for analyzing the data were percentage, mean score, standard deviation, F-test, T-test and P-value.         

          The research findings were as follows: 1.the overall status of organizing and managing the information of internal education quality assurance of the faculty of Education was at the moderate, 2.There was a statistically significant difference sig 0.5 of opinion expressed by the group sample regarding the status of organizing and managing the information of internal education quality assurance of the faculty of Education, and 3. there were 5 suggested guidelines for the faculty in organizing and managing the internal education quality assurance information. Firstly, the faculty needs to have a proper plan and determine the source of information when collecting the data in order to organize the information system according to educational standards. Secondly, the collected information needs to be verified by the faculty to ensure its accordance with educational standards. Thirdly, the faculty must arrange the data according to educational standards to make the data processing meets the educational standard set. In addition, the information must be presented based on the required standards of internal education quality assurance. Lastly, the information needs to be stored and backed up in a more secure setting.