THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE ADMINISTRATION USING SCHOOL - BASED MANAGEMENT AND THE EFFECTIVENESS OF OPPORTUNITY EXPANSION SCHOOLS UNDER SURATTHANI PRIMARY EDUCATIONAL SERVICE AREA OFFICE 1

Abstract

This research is aimed to study the administration and the relationship of school-based management and the effectiveness of opportunity expansion schools under Suratthani Primary Educational Service Area Office 1. The sample used in this research was 327 administrators, teachers, and committees of basic educational schools. The instrument used in data collection was a questionnaire with the reliability of 0.94. The statistics used were percentage, mean, standard deviation and Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation Coefficient.

   The results found that the overall level of the administration using the school based management and effectiveness of opportunity expansion schools under Suratthani Primary Educational Service Area Office 1 were at         a high level. When considering each aspect, the level of performance of every item was at a high level, namely the principle of decentralization, participation, checks and balances, and self - administration respectively. The study also revealed that the level of effectiveness of overall administration was high in all aspects including budget administration, personnel administration, general administration and academic administration. The relationship between the administration using school - based management and the effectiveness of opportunity of expansion schools under Suratthani Primary Educational Service Area Office 1 was significantly high at the level of 0.01. The aspect of personnel administration was the highest, followed by budget administration, academic administration and had statistically significant a relationship with the aspect of general administration at the level of 0.01.