THE ACADEMIC ADMINISTRATION OF SCHOOL IN SONGKHLA PRIMARY EDUCATIONAL SERVICE AREA OFFICE 3

Abstract

The purposes of this research were 1) to study academic administration of schools under Songkhla Primary Educational Service Area Office 3; and 2) to investigate problems and academic administration guidelines of schools under Songkhla Primary Educational Service Area Office 3. The participants consisted of 341 teachers and 30 administrators in the schools under Songkhla Primary Educational Service Area Office 3 in academic year 2020, selected by multi-stage sampling.  The instruments used in this study were two forms of questionnaire. The first one was a rating scale questionnaire for teachers with reliability at 0.990. The other one was an open-ended questionnaire for school administrators. Data were analyzed by using frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation. The findings revealed that: The overall academic administration of the schools under Songkhla Primary Educational Service Area Office 3 was at high level. Academic administration problems of the schools under Songkhla Primary Educational Service Area Office 3 were related to research for educational quality development. The academic administration guidelines for schools under Songkhla Primary Educational Service Area Office 3 suggested that school administrators should encourage teachers to improve teaching and learning by conducting research and keeping post-lesson report in order to tackle classroom challenges.