Educational Risk Management of School Administrators under Pattani Primary Educational Service Area Office 3

Abstract

Background and Aims: Effective risk management benefits the organization and is a key component of general management. This research aims to 1) study the educational risk management of school administrators under the Pattani Primary Educational Area Office 3. 2) Compare the educational risk management of school administrators under the Pattani Primary Educational Area Office 3, classified by educational qualifications, work experience, and size of the school. 3) Collect recommendations for risk management of school administrators under the Pattani Primary Educational Service Area Office 3.

Methodology: The sample group used in this research was school administrators working in schools under the jurisdiction of the Pattani Primary Educational Service Area Office 3, Academic Year 2024. The sample size was determined from the Krejci and Morgan table. The sample size was as follows: teachers who acted as heads of 4 departments in schools under the jurisdiction of the Pattani Primary Educational Service Area Office 3, Academic Year 2024. Specific informants were determined as teachers who acted as heads of 4 departments of the school, four people per school, from the sample group of 58 schools under the jurisdiction of the Pattani Primary Educational Service Area Office 3, resulting in 232 informants. The research instrument was a questionnaire with a reliability value of .935. The statistics used for data analysis were frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, independent t-test, and F-test.

Results: 1) Analysis of educational risk management of school administrators under the Pattani Primary Educational Service Area Office 3 overall and in each aspect was at a high level. When considering by aspect, it was found that the aspect with the highest average value was related to regulations or laws, followed by strategy finance, and the aspect with the lowest average value was operations, respectively. 2) Work experience Overall and in each aspect, it was at a high level, with statistically significant differences at the 0.01 level. When considering by aspect, it was found that there were four differences: Strategic Risk (SR), Operational Risk (OR), Financial Risk (FR), and Compliance Risk (CR). Therefore, a test of the difference in average values ​​was conducted for each pair using Scheffe's method. Size of educational institution: Overall and in each aspect, it was at a high level. When considering by aspect, it was found that teachers, according to the size of the educational institution, had opinions on the educational risk management of school administrators. 3) The results of the collection of educational risk management recommendations of school administrators under the Pattani Primary Educational Service Area Office 3 found that, in terms of strategy, there should be a gathering of stakeholders’ opinions to identify service and product needs by demonstrating clear objectives of the school. In terms of finance, there should be control of money storage by regulations and within the storage limit. In terms of operations, there should be control of each department’s operations to ensure appropriate cooperation. In terms of related rules or laws, there should be clear and fair measures or punishments for personnel who do not operate by laws, regulations, standards, and standards.

Conclusion: The work and size of the educational institution affect risk management. The recommendations are to increase cooperation and control in the areas of strategy, finance, operation, and law clearly and fairly, which will result in more efficient and effective educational risk management. It is also information for making policies or guidelines for the work of educational institution administrators in educational risk management.