Needs Assessment for Small School Management to receive the Royal Award

Abstract

              The aims of this research were to 1) study the degree of success and importance of small school management to receive the royal award, and 2) to study the modified priority needs index of small school management to receive the royal award. Using a multistage random sampling method, 184 people were used. The sample group used in this research consisted of 184 people using multi-stage sampling method, namely school director or deputy school director, and teachers working in small schools of Nakhon Si Thammarat. The research instrument was a questionnaire which was improved by the researcher from a Behavior test for the Administration and Management of Small Schools to Receive the Royal Award (BAMSS-RRA test). It was a 6-level estimator. Analyze the data with the arithmetic mean, standard deviation, and the modified priority needs index (PNI_modified) technique.

              The findings are as follows:

                    1)   The overall degree of success in all aspects is at a high level.

                    2)   The overall importance in all aspects is at a highest level.

                    3)   The overall needs for small school management to receive the royal award in all aspects, it was found that, organizational development for excellence had the highest priority needs index (PNI_Modified = 0.146). Followed by information systems and basic information systems (PNI_Modified = 0.144), and the development of technology and communication (PNI_Modified = 0.133), respectively.