THE MANAGEMENT EFFICIENCY OF BUDDHIST CHARITY SCHOOLS A CASE SDUTY OF ANUBANWATCHOTITHAYAKARAMSONGKOH SCHOOL DAMNOENSADUAK DISTRICT, RATCHABURI PROVINCE

Abstract

The objectives of this research were 1) to study the level of management efficiency of Buddhist charity schools : a case study of Anubanwatchotithayakaramsongkoh School, Damnoensaduak District, Ratchaburi Province, 2) to study the comparison of management efficiency of Buddhist charity schools : a case study of Anubanwatchotithayakaramsongkoh School, Damnoensaduak District, Ratchaburi Province by classifying according to personal factors and 3) to study problems, obstacles and suggestions on the management efficiency of Buddhist charity schools : a case study of Anubanwatchotithayakaramsongkoh School, Damnoensaduak District, Ratchaburi Province. The research methodology was a mixed method research. In part of the quantitative research, a questionnaire was used as a tool to collect field data from 137 administrators, teachers, personnel and staff of Anubanwatchotithayakaramsongkoh School, data was analyzed by finding frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, and in part of qualitative research, document analysis and the interview form were used as the tools for collecting field data from 9 key informants and analyzing the data with contextual content analysis techniques. The research results were; 1) The management efficiency of Buddhist charity schools: a case study of Anubanwatchotithayakaramsongkoh School, Damnoensaduak District, Ratchaburi Province, in general was, it was at a high level with an average of 4.15. When considering individually, it was found that the aspect with the highest average was personnel development at a high level with an average of 4.23, the aspect with the lowest average was the evaluation of working performance at a high level with an average of 4.09. 2) The comparative results of opinions toward the management efficiency of Buddhist charity schools: a case study of Anubanwatchotithayakaramsongkoh School, Damnoensaduak District, Ratchaburi Province by classifying according to gender, age, educational background, it was found that there was no difference in all aspects, which rejected the hypothesis and the sample group with different years of work had different opinions at statistical significance level of 0.05. 3) The problems, obstacles on the management efficiency of Buddhist charity schools: a case study of Anubanwatchotithayakaramsongkoh School, Damnoensaduak District, Ratchaburi Province was found that the resignation of teachers during the semester or academic year in order to become a government officer, causing the school to not find personnel in time, so the existing teachers had to teach instead temporarily, Buddhist personnel was not enough to organize religious activities, teachers spend less time preparing for teaching and being in class because they had to do paperwork and assessments, fewer budgets for teacher compensation, teachers or other school personnel were not fully cooperating with their work as a team, administrators also paid less attention to motivation for teachers, in terms of salary and benefits and career advancement, as well as the working environment.