The Opinion of the People, Teachers and Authorities of Local Administrative Organization toward Educational Administrative Decentralization to Local Administrative Organization in the Southern Border Provinces of Thailand

Abstract

The objectives of this research are 1).to study and to compare the opinion of the people toward educational administrative decentralization to local administrative organization in the southern border provinces of Thailand 2).to study and to compare the opinion of the teachers toward educational administrative decentralization to local administrative organization in the southern border provinces of Thailand 3).to study and to compare the opinion of the authorities of local administrative organization toward educational administrative decentralization to local administrative organization in the southern border provinces of Thailand 4).to study and to compare the opinion of the people, teachers and authorities of local administrative organization toward educational administrative decentralization to local administrative organization in the southern border provinces of Thailand. In this research, the researchers have selected samples of the targeted population in the five southern border provinces, namely Songkhla, Satun, Pattani, Yala and Narathiwat, collecting data by the survey method and using the multi stage sampling. The number of sample size are 1,550, divided in to 1,000 people, 400 teachers and 150 authorities of local administrative organization. Data were analyzed by SPSS For Windows computer program. The researchers have presented the result in the form of diagram by showing the frequency, percentage, mean, t-test, f-test and test a pair difference by scheffe's method. The results of the research are as follow : 1).The people's opinion concerning local administrative organizations are in the agree level, but the opinion concerning schools and communities are in the not sure level. 2). Most of the people's opinion concerning local administrative organizations, schools and communities are statistically significant difference at 0.001 level. 3). The teachers' opinion concerning local administrative organizations and communities are in the not sure level, but the opinion concerning schools are in the agree level. 4). Most of the teachers' opinion concerning local administrative organizations, schools and communities are not different. 5). The authorities of local administrative organization's opinion concerning local administrative organizations, schools and communities are in the agree level. 6). Most of the authorities of local administrative organization's opinion concerning local administrative organizations, schools and communities are not different. 7). The opinion of the people, teachers and authorities of local administrative organization concerning local administrative organizations are in the agree level, but the opinion concerning schools and communities are in not sure level. 8). The opinion of the people, teachers and authorities of local administrative organization concerning local administrative organizations, schools and communities are statistically significant difference at 0.001 level.