Internal Quality Assurance of Nadee Municipal School under Nadee Subdistrict Municipality

Abstract

Background and Aims: Internal quality assurance in educational institutions is an essential process that helps enhance the standards of educational management, ensuring that teaching and learning are effective, transparent, and responsive to the needs of learners and society. This research aims to 1) Study the internal quality assurance of Nadee Municipality School, under Nadi Subdistrict Municipality. 2) Study the development guidelines for internal quality assurance of Nadee Municipality School, under Nadi Subdistrict Municipality.

Methodology: The study employed a descriptive research design combined with qualitative content analysis. The population consisted of 70 teachers in the school, and data were collected from the entire population. The research instruments included a questionnaire that had been validated for content validity and reliability, as well as semi-structured interviews. The key informants were three school administrators, who were selected through purposive sampling based on their experience and administrative roles.

Results: 1) Internal quality assurance of Nadee Municipality School, under Nadi Subdistrict Municipality, found that overall the average value was at the highest level. When considering each aspect, it was found that the aspect with the highest average value was the aspect of preparing assessment results reports according to educational standards, which had the highest average value. Next is the aspect of developing an education quality development plan. The lowest average is the side of setting educational standards. 2) Guidelines for the development of internal quality assurance of Nadee Municipality School, under Nadee Subdistrict Municipality are 6 guidelines as follows: (1) Organize a meeting for teachers to create knowledge and understanding in the preparation of educational standards as determined by the Ministry of Education. (2) Conduct brainstorming sessions to analyze the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats of the school, including all teachers and educational personnel. (3) Collect and organize information as evidence for evaluation by departments and subject groups, ensuring alignment with educational standards. (4) Assign each teacher to be responsible for at least one school project or activity. (5) Monitor the implementation of projects outlined in the educational quality development plan and report the results within the specified timeframe. (6) Present the report to the school committee and report to the parent organization and disseminate to the public.

Conclusion: Internal quality assurance in educational institutions plays a vital role in improving the quality of teaching, learning, and school management. Its key feature lies in the preparation of assessment reports in accordance with educational standards and the development of educational quality improvement plans. These processes provide schools with a clear direction and enable systematic monitoring of progress. Furthermore, development approaches derived from studies include creating teachers’ understanding of educational standards, analyzing the school’s strengths and weaknesses, organizing systematic data collection, assigning responsibilities to involve teachers in projects, monitoring the progress of action plans, and disseminating the results of operations to the public. All these measures reflect that internal quality assurance is a process requiring continuous collaboration among all parties within the school to raise educational standards to be of high quality, transparent, and responsive to the needs of learners and society.