THE FACTOR ANALYSIS OF COMPETENCIES OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS UNDER THE SUB-DISTRICT MUNICIPALITY IN THE NORTHEASTERN REGION AFFECTING EDUCATION QUALITY

Abstract

            The purpose of this study was to study factors of competencies of education department directors under sub-district municipalities in the Northeastern Region affecting educational quality.  The research process consists of 3 phases. The first phase was the theoretical synthesis and the use of Delphi Technique for interviewing 19 experts.  The second phase was the development of factors of competencies of education department directors under sub-district municipalities in the Northeastern Region.  The third phase was the verification of conformity of the developed factors of competencies of education department directors under sub-district municipalities in the Northeastern Region with educational quality.  The research sample for quantitative study consisted of 430 people classified into education department directors, heads of educational administration division, heads of academic promotion division, and academic officers.  The employed research instruments were a questionnaire to be used with the three rounds of Delphi Technique, and a 5-scale rating questionnaire to collect data from the research sample of 430 people.  The confirmatory factor analysis technique was used to confirm the congruence of theoretical model of competencies of education department directors under sub-district municipalities in the Northeastern Region with empirical data. The statistics employed were the mean, standard deviation, median, inter-quartile range, and confirmatory factor analysis using LISREL program. The results were as follows: 

1. The competencies of education department directors under sub-district municipalities in the Northeastern Region consisted of 7 factors: (1) teamwork competency, (2) administration competency, (3) achievement motivation competency, (4) knowledge and capability competency, (5) morality and ethics competency, (6) planning strategy competency, and (7) performing skill competency.


2. Results of the confirmatory factor analysis indicated that  the theoretical model from Delphi Technique  was congruous  with  empirical  data with chi-square value of 25.68 with probability value of 0.21876  and degrees  of freedom of 21, CMIN/DF= 2.950, RMSEA = 0.023,  GFI = 0.992,   AGFI = 0.970, NFI = 0.854, CFI = 0.996. These kinds of standard criteria implied that the model of competencies of education department directors under sub-district municipalities in the Northeastern Region, developed by the researcher, had construct validity and conformed to empirical data which affected educational quality by 73.00 %.