Driving Local Administrative Organizations to be Mechanisms to Reduce Inequality in Education

Abstract

As Thailand is confronting inequality in education, local administrative organizations are important mechanisms to create equality in education.   This research has three objectives: (1) to study the problem of inequality in education in the areas of local administrative organizations participating in the project; (2) to drive local administrative organizations to carry out the project to reduce inequality in education; and (3) to propose guidelines to enhance local administrative organizations to be mechanisms for reducing inequality in education.  This research is practical research.

In total, 11 local administrative organizations participated in the project. Each local administrative organization had its own unique organization potential and problem condition according to the context of its area, in regard to both inequality in education and inequality in educational quality. From driving of local administrative organizations, there were 12 projects and plans in five groups: (1) projects related to children and youth education funds; (2) projects related to special children group and children with inferior education; (3) projects related to access to children’s education; (4) projects related to teacher quality development; and (5) projects related to education institution quality development. The guideline for extending of the result, or continuing the education equality enhancement project, the researcher requests for guideline for enhancement of education equality so that local administrative organizations which will be mechanisms to reduce inequality in education. This would be divided into three phases: phase of starting of the project, namely the selection and preparation of the local administrative organizations; project driving phase namely to seek facts and determine problems; and result extending phase, namely to expand operating results and expand operations in both existing and new groups.