LEADERSHIP OF ADMINISTRATORS IN PHRAPARIYATTIDHAMMA SCHOOLS OF THE GENERAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT IN DIGITAL ERA

Abstract

The world has been rapidly changing specially in information technology. Communication has been an important factor for the fast and borderless progress of the globe in all aspects. The Phrapariyattidhamma Schools of the General Education Department need to adjust in keeping up with the change of the digital era. The school administration in Phrapariyattidhamma Schools of the General Education Department also needs to adjust in keeping up with the change that the school administrators should be equipped with leadership, principle, concept for administration and management of the Phrapariyattidhamma Schools of the General Education Department to be modern and keep pace with the ever-changing world. The administrators of Phrapariyattidhamma Schools are necessary to have knowledge and understanding the digitalized world in order to apply and use in the administration of Phrapariyattidhamma Schools of the General Education Department to be well-prepared and useful for Sangha education towards the most effective educational management for monks and novices. The educational management of Phrapariyattidhamma Schools of the General Education Department is, therefore, appropriate and useful in school administration following leadership principle in the digital era that can apply knowledge, media and technology for the operation that fits in the context of the schools. This leads to the suitability of Phrapariyattidhamma Schools of the General Education Department according to the situations, environment and the changes in the digital era.