The Participatory Administration Development Guideline to Achieve the Effectiveness for the Administration Within the Educational Institution in Administering Secondary Schools Under the Auspices of the Secondary Education Service Area Office Bangkok 1

Abstract

Abstract

According to the National Education Act 1999, The administration and management of education has been reformed by decentralizing power directly to educational areas and educational institutions in the educational areas including providing opportunities for all parties involved in education to organiu and administer to achieve development goals From policy the researcher  a teacher at a secondary school under the Auspices of the Secondary Educational Service Area Office Bangkok 1 is interested in The Participatory Administration Development Guideline to Achieve the Effectiveness for the Administration within the educational institution in Administering Secondary Schools under the Auspices of the Secondary Educational Service Area Office Bangkok than impact on the secondary school which implemented participatory management. was conducted by the author with the following purposes: 1) to examine the participatory administration of secondary schools under the auspices of the Secondary Educational Service Area Office Bangkok 1, Group 6, and 2) to propose recommendations related to the participatory administration development guideline to achieve the effectiveness in administering secondary schools under the auspices of the Secondary Educational Service Area Office Bangkok 1, Group 6.

This was the quantitative research in which the population and sample included educational institution administrators, teachers, and members of the Basic Education Committee of Secondary Schools. The sample consisted of 284 people. The author used Krejcie & Morgan's Table in sample size determination and the simple random sampling in identifying the proportion of each school. The research tool was 5-level rating scale questionnaire that had the overall reliability of 0.90. The statistics for data analysis were frequency, percentage, mean, and standard deviation.

According to research results, 1) the overall picture of implementation of participatory administration of secondary schools in 6 aspects was found at a high level ( = 3.70). Each aspect was examined indicating a high level of participatory administration of educational institution administrators ( =4.27). The aspect with the highest mean score was decentralization of administration, followed by those found at a high level: trust, participation in decision making, independence to take responsibility, and co-determination of objectives ( = 3.70), ( = 3.66), ( = 3.57) and ( = 3.54) respectively. Moreover, the aspect found at a moderate level with the lowest means score was the commitment to each other ( = 3.47), Respecting the development of participatory administration to achieve secondary school administration effectiveness, educational institution administrators and teachers had to collaboratively create a guideline in enhancing the commitment with those involved in the administration. This was for constant and regular development of educational institutions in conformance with the determined goals. The research results revealed 5 aspects of participatory administration of secondary schools found at a high level. 2) The suggestions for the development of participatory administration to achieve secondary school administration effectiveness were as follows: (1) the decentralization of administration - the personnel in the organization

should have the participation opportunity in every matter; (2) trust in educational institutions - all parties collaboratively devised educational institution development policy according to the objectives in an efficient manner; and (3) co-determination of objectives should be based on the same direction of goals, welcome the other’s opinions, and take into account the commitment to each other to improve the quality of administration of schools under the auspices of the Secondary Educational Service Area Office Bangkok 1, Group 6. With regard to benefits of this research, its results could be the information used by educational institution administrators as a guideline for effective participatory administration and for educational institution administration towards the development and strengthening of the quality of education.