A CAUSAL RELATIONSHIP ANALYSIS OF CHARACTERISTICS OF BEING THE PROTOTYPE SUFFICIENCY ECONOMY SCHOOLS OF THE OFFICE OF SECONDARY EDUCATION SERVICE AREA UNDER THE OFFICE OF THE BASIC EDUCATION COMMISSION

Abstract

The objectives of this research were (1) to analyze the causal relationship of the characteristics of being the prototype sufficiency economy schools of the Office of the Secondary Education Service Area under the Office of the Basic Education Commission; and (2) to analyze the factors that directly and indirectly affected the characteristics of being the prototype sufficiency economy schools of the Office of the Secondary Education Service Area under the Office of the Basic Education Commission. The research sample consisted of 350 administrators of secondary schools that passed the evaluation of being a model of school administration and organizing learning activities based on the sufficiency economy philosophy. A questionnaire was employed as the data collecting instrument. Descriptive statistics including the Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) by LISREL version 8.80 were applied for data analysis. The research findings were as follows: (1) the developed model was consistent with the empirical data, as considered from the Chi-Square (2) of 180.19, df = 183, p = 0.54, GFI = 0.97, AGFI= 0.95, and RMSEA = 0.00; and (2) the mobilization of the sufficiency economy philosophy had direct influence on the characteristics of being the prototype sufficiency economy school with the effect coefficient of 0.60. Also, the characteristics of being the prototype sufficiency economy school were indirectly influenced by the management of the school, the curriculum management, and the environment of the school via the mobilization of the sufficiency economy philosophy as the transmitting variable with the effect coefficients of 0.15, 0.13 and 0.29 respectively.