Administration of Government Project : A Case Study of School Morality Teaching Monks Project in Bangkok Metropolitan

Abstract

          The objectives of this research were: 1) to study the general condition of the inside-school moral teaching project. 2) to study the factors and Buddhist doctrines about the management administration those influence the success of the inside-school moral teaching project, 3) to propose the promoting and developing methods for the inside-school moral teaching project. The research is mixed research. The quantitative research: the samples comprise 349 inside-school moral teaching monks under Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University and under Mahamakut University. The qualitative research: the in-depth interview was conducted by 29 experts, composing of monks, academic scholars, program administrators and school administrators, The statistic a instruments used for data analysis such as  frequency, percentage, mean (), standard deviation (S.D.) and in-depth interview analysis.  

          The results of the research:
          1. The inside-school moral teaching project is continuously subsidized by the government. It is operated by Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University and Mahamakut University. The objective of this project is to manage the learning and teaching of the Buddhist academy, to nurture morality and ethic to the youth, according to the policy of bringing moral knowledge to school. By applying the Buddhist Principle, as mental anchorage, for behavior adaptation can solve the learning and life proceeding problems. The moral teaching monks can exchange their knowledge and apply it for teaching, follow-up and proposing it to the management.
          2. The factors influencing the success of the inside-school moral teaching project, the highest average figures are the budgeting, administrators understand the situation and budgeting. Followed by the ethical factor, human factor (staff/lecturer), public serving factor and material factor. The lowest average figures are the general administration factor and the interview factor, including the vision of the management, government policy, schools, parents and students, respectively.
          3. The guidelines for the promotion and development of the inside-school moral teaching project, supported by the Sappurisadhamma Principle. To sustain the morality to remain modern. To develop the management to fit the situation and students according to the proper format of the cooperation with the government’s budgeting policy and the monk institute following the “6Mm Model” 1) Man = Personnel Factor which contains mission in monk-teacher management. There are regulation and selection rule for monk-teachers. After training and contract-signing, they will be registered correctly. 2) Money = Budget Factor which executes knowingly (modern knowledge). For the project administration, planning and controlling, teaching media and religion event days, the obtained budget will be well administered according to the Chuckuma and Withuro Principles.  3) Management = Administration Factor which has modern Vision in project management. Administration with reason, project, operation, personnel, time and present life style understanding creates wisdom and good vision. 4) Material = Material Factor which is modern Technology. Teaching materials, coordination among schools, lectures and training programs are harmonized modernly and knowingly. 5) Market = Public-service Factor which informs messages to school, people, organization about the project via website and other communication. 6) Morality = Recorded-ethic Factor which records the information of good people, good dharma. Monk teachers, lectures, students will evaluate the monk-lecturers. This is a good archetype for teaching, joined activity with schools and it is praised as a good model.