EVALUATION OF EFFECTIVENESS OF IMPLEMENTATION INHIBITING AND PROMOTING FACTORS IN APPLYING PHILOSOPHY OF SUFFICIENCY ECONOMY BY PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN PATHUMTHANI PROVINCE

Abstract

The objectives of this research article are to 1) Evaluate the effectiveness of operations according to the sufficiency economy philosophy of primary schools in Pathum Thani province, 2) Study the factors that inhibit and promote the operations according to the sufficiency economy philosophy of schools in Pathum Thani province, and 3) Propose guidelines for developing operations according to the sufficiency economy philosophy of primary schools in Pathum Thani province. The sample included 236 administrators and teachers responsible for operations according to the school’s sufficiency economy philosophy under the Pathum Thani Educational Service Area Office, obtained through multi-stage random sampling. The research tools are questionnaires having questions requiring operation effectiveness, inhibitory promoting factors and guidelines for developing operations according to the sufficiency economy philosophy, having content validity indices of 1.00, discrimination ranging from .31 to .87 and a reliability of .96. Data were analyzed by descriptive statistics, t-test and content analysis. The results show that 1) Schools see the importance of operating according to the sufficiency economy philosophy more than the level at which they achieved statistically significant at .05 and this difference indicates that schools were effective in applying the sufficiency economy philosophy to school administration approximately by 93 percent. 2) Factors that inhibit the operation according to the sufficiency economy philosophy is the policies of the parent agency, lack continuity, the budget is limited, and staff lacking knowledge. The factors that promotes operations conclude the continuous driving of policies, sufficient budget support and development knowledge and abilities of personnel in the sufficiency economy philosophy, and 3) Guidelines for developing operations according to the sufficiency economy philosophy included driving the sufficiency economy philosophy into important policies, integrating the sufficiency economy philosophy into the school curriculum, and providing adequate budget support from the parent agency.