The School Image as Perceived by Parents of Pangkenpittaya School under The Secondary Educational Service Area Office Ubon Ratchathani Amnat Charoen

Abstract

       This Article aimed to study investigate and compare the image of Pangkenpittaya school, as perceived by parents, classified by student’s class level and parent occupation. The study sample included the parents of the students at Pangkenpittaya school. Based on Krejice and Morgan’s Table of Sample Size (1970), the sample of the study, derived using stratified random sampling, using students’ class level as a criterion, consisted of 248 persons. A 5-level rating-scale questionnaire, having a discriminating power between .33-.73 and the reliability of .97, was used for data collection. Mean, standard deviation,  t-test, One-way ANOVA, and paired comparison by Scheffe’s technique were statistical devices employed for the data analysis. The research results were found as follows;

1. 1. The image of Pangkenpittaya school under the secondary educational service area office Ubon Ratchathani Amnat Charoen, as perceived by parents, both as a whole and in each particular aspect, was rated at a high level. Ranked from the highest mean score were the aspects of Recognition, Faith and Reliability, respectively.
2. 2. The comparison of the image of Pangkenpittaya school, as perceived by parents, classified by student’s class level, both as a whole and reliability aspect, were significantly difference at .05 level and classified by parents’ occupation both as a whole and all aspects were significant differences at .05