THE NEEDS AND GUIDELINES OF PRIMARY SCHOOLS MANAGEMENT IN THE NORTH EASTEARN TOWARD WORLD-CLASS STANDARDS

Abstract

This research aims to study actual state, expected state, needs and find out the management guidelines for primary schools in the Northeastern toward world-class standards. The research was conducted using a mixed methods that was divided into two phases: Phase 1: study the actual state, the expected state, needs, the samples consisted of 385 school administrators who were selected by simple random sampling. The research instrument was a 5-point rating scale questionnaire with .98 and .96 reliabilities respectively. The data were analyzed by finding out frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, priority needs index (PNI). 2: study the management  guidelines for primary schools in the Northeastern toward world-class standards. In-depth interviewing was used with nine experts based on a purposive selection. The research instrument was in-depth interview guidelines.

The results were as follows:

The actual state of primary school management in the Northeastern toward world-class standards was at the high level as a whole (= 4.11). The highest mean score was leadership organization (= 4.19). The expected state of primary school management in the Northeastern toward world-class standard was at the highest level as a whole (= 4.63). The highest mean score was leadership organization and outcome (= 4.67). Needs of primary school management in the Northeastern toward world-class standard, the first was focusing on the main operators, followed by measurement, analysis and knowledge management and the last was leadership organization. The guidelines for primary schools in the Northeastern toward world-class standards were consisted of 16 guidelines,