Needs of Internal Quality Assurance of School to Improve Quality of Education under Primary Educational Service Area Office

Abstract

This article aimed to study (1) the actual situation and the condition that should be for the internal quality assurance of school to improve quality of education under Primary Education Service Area Office, and (2) the needs of internal quality assurance of school to improve quality of education under Primary Education Service Area Office. The sample was survey research. The sample group consists of 400 teachers from schools under Primary Education Service Area Office. The sample using a multi-stage sampling method. The instrument used in the research was a questionnaire on internal quality assurance of school to improve quality of education under Primary Education Service Area Office. The statistics used to analyze data comprised percentage, mean, standard deviation and PNI modified index. The research results were found that: 1) the actual situation of operating internal quality assurance of school to improve quality of education under Primary Education Service Area Office as a whole at moderate level, and the condition that should be of operating internal quality assurance of school to improve quality of education under Primary Education Service Area Office as a whole at highest level. 2) The needs assessment of operating internal quality assurance of school to improve quality of education under primary educational service area office were ranked as follows: (1) educational standard setting, (2) monitoring and implementation, (3) educational development plan, (4) implementation of educational development plan, (5) internal education quality and 6) implementation of self-assessment reports, respectively.