STRATEGIES OF DEMOCRACY PROMOTING OPERATION TO A MODEL STUDENT COUNCIL SCHOOL OF TESSABAN 3(WADSALAHUAYANG) SCHOOL, SONGKHLA PROVINCE

Abstract

       The study aimed to 1) study the environment for democracy promotion of Municipality School 3 (Wadsalahuayang) Songkhla province, 2) develop strategies for democracy promotion to become a model student council of Municipality School 3 (Wadsalahuayang), Songkhla province, and 3) present the strategies of democracy promotion to become a model student council of Municipality school 3 (Wadsalahuayang), Songkhla province. The study used the qualitative research method. There were 15 key informants for in-depth interviews, 30 environment assessors, four experts for in-depth interviews, and a focus group of seven scholars selected by purposive sampling from those who met the qualifications. The research tools included interviewing forms, an environment evaluation form, and a focus group evaluation form. The data were analyzed by analytic induction.

The research illustrated that;

        1. The strongest point of the internal environment was that the school had set up a project to promote school democracy. The weakest point of the internal environment was a limited budget. For the external environment, the most opportunity was for the Ministry of Education to establish guidelines for all schools to have a student council. The biggest threat was that students imitated the behavior of using the wrong power.

        2. The results of building strategies: the environment assessment using BCG relationships showed that it was in the STARS path. The strategies included: visions, missions, goals, strategies, measurements, indicators, goals for each measurement, and projects/activities. There were four strategies in total.

        3. The results of the strategy presentation showed that the experts agreed that the strategies were possible, appropriate, and beneficial. The four strategies consisted of 1) Quality improvement to promote the student council and democracy in school, 2) Participation improvement of the student council in school's activities, 3) Promoting and expanding a cooperation network between the student council and community, including public and private organizations, and 4) Obvious development of student council's work and school democracy.