The Use of Digital Technology in Academic Administration of School Administrators Under Songkhla Primary Educational Service Area Office 3

Abstract

This research aimed to: 1) study the level of digital technology use in the academic administration of school administrators, 2) compare the level of digital technology use in the academic administration of school administrators classified by age, school size, and work experience under Songkhla Primary Educational Service Area Office 3. The sample group consisted of 127 school administrators under Songkhla Primary Educational Service Area Office 3 for the academic year 2024, stratified by school size. The sample was obtained using simple random sampling through a lottery method. The research instrument was a questionnaire on opinions regarding the use of digital technology in the academic administration of school administrators under Songkhla Primary Educational Service Area Office 3. Each question's index of Item-Objective Congruence was 0.67-1.00, and the reliability was .97. The statistics used for data analysis included percentage, mean, standard deviation, F-test using one-way analysis of variance, and pairwise comparison using the LSD method. The results revealed that: 1)The use of digital technology in the academic administration of school administrators under Songkhla Primary Educational Service Area Office 3 was at a high level overall and in each aspect (𝑥̅ =4.31, SD = 0.18). 2)The results of comparing the use of digital technology in the academic administration of school administrators under Songkhla Primary Educational Service Area Office 3, classified by age, revealed that both overall and in each aspect, there were statistically significant differences at the .05 level. When classified by school size, it was found that there were statistically significant differences at the .001 level overall and in each aspect. Classified by work experience, it was found that overall and each aspect were statistically significant differences at the .001 level.