THE USE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FOR SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION UNDER THE PATTANI PRIMARY EDUCATION SERVICE AREA OFFICE 1

Abstract

This independent study aimed to study 1.  It was aimed to 1) study the use of information technology for school administration under the Pattani Primary Education Service Area Office 1, 2) compare the use of information technology for school administration under the Pattani Primary Education Service Area Office 1, classified by educational level, work experience, and school size, and 3) gather the suggestions of the use of information technology for school administration under the Pattani Primary Education Service Area Office 1. Samples group were 312 teachers under the Pattani Primary Education Service Area Office 1. They were obtained by stratified random sampling by school size and simple random sampling by lottery method. Tool used in this research was a 5-level rating scale questionnaire with 40 items. The reliability value of a whole copy was at 0.97. Statistics used in this research were frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, t-test, and One-way Analysis of Variance. The results were found that: 1) The use of information technology for school administration under the Pattani Primary Education Service Area Office 1, in a whole and each aspect, was at the highest level. 2) The teachers under the Pattani Primary Education Service Area Office 1 with different education levels and work experience had no different opinions about the use of information technology for school administration. However, the opinions about the use of information technology for school administration of teachers working in different school sizes were not different. Except for budget management, teachers had opinions with statistically significant difference at the .05 level and 3)the suggestions about the use of information technology for school administration under the Pattani Primary Education Service Area Office 1 were; Academic administration, Budget management, Personnel management, and General administration.