Strategies for the Development of Area-Based Cooperation Mechanisms to Reduce Inequality in Education

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          This article aims 1) to analyze the current situation and necessary needs for developing a spatial cooperation mechanism to reduce educational inequality in Chiang Rai Province, 2) to create strategies for developing a spatial cooperation mechanism to reduce educational inequality in Chiang Rai Province, and 3) to establish cooperation mechanism to reduce educational inequality in Chiang Rai Province. The research follows a mixed-method approach. The study area includes the Office of Educational Service Area 16 and the Chiang Rai Provincial Education Office. The target group comprises 44 members, including the Provincial Education Committee, the Subcommittee on Strategic Government Administration, the Education Development Subcommittee, and the Strategic Government Administration Working Group, selected through purposive sampling. The research instruments include 1) questionnaires, 2) semi-structured interviews, and 3) focus group discussions. Data analysis employs percentage, mean, and standard deviation for quantitative research, while content analysis and descriptive writing are used for qualitative research.
          The research findings indicate that developing a spatial cooperation mechanism to reduce educational inequality in Chiang Rai Province should focus on providing information and options for special target groups to access education, fostering collaboration between various agencies to raise awareness in language, logic, and mathematics, and ensuring access to early childhood development and pre-primary education to prepare children for primary education by 2030. Additionally, strategies include developing education in border areas and Special Economic Zones (SEZs) by enhancing technological infrastructure and comprehensive human resource management and improving the efficiency of local learning resources, using the CATWOE process as the analytical framework. The results of this research can be further applied to create systems and mechanisms that promote participation in reducing educational inequality at the local level, particularly for the Provincial Education Office and the Regional Education Office, which have the primary responsibility for enhancing localized education.