Needs of Educational Resource Management of Small Schools under the Office of Sakon Nakhon Primary Educational Service Area 1

Abstract

The purposes of this research were to; 1) study current situation and desirable condition of educational resource management; 2) study the needs of educational resource management; and 3) study recommendations for educational resource management of small schools under the Office of Sakon Nakhon Primary Educational Service Area 1. The sample group consisted of 26 school administrators and 216 teachers of 65 small schools under the Office of Sakon Nakhon Primary Educational Service Area 1 with a total number of 242 people. The sample size was determined by  stratified random sampling. The tool used in this research was a 5-level rating scale questionnaire with Index of item-objective congruence value at 1.00 and reliability coefficient at 0.91. The statistics used to analyze the data comprised mean, Standard Deviation and PNI modified index.    The research results showed that: 1) The current situation of educational resource management, on the whole, was rated at a high level. When considering each aspect, it was found that the highest average aspects were management of facility resource, followed by management of material and equipment resource. The lowest average aspects were human resource management and budget resource management. The desirable condition of educational resource management, on the whole, was rated at the highest level. When considering each aspect, it was found that the highest average aspects were budgetary resource management, followed by facility resource management; while, the lowest average aspect was human resource management. 2) The needs of educational resource management arranged by order of importance were as follows: (1) budgetary resource management; (2) material and equipment resource management; (3) facility resource management; and (4) human resource management. 3) The recommendations for educational resource management consisted of important issues as follows: (1) manpower should be planned appropriately; (2) material and equipment should be maintained to be ready to use; (3) the government should allocate sufficient budget; and (4) facility should be maintained workable with high efficacy.