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A Comparative Study of the Efficiency and the Effectiveness of Primary Education Management between the Provincial Administrative Organisation and the Office of the Basic Education Commission: A Service User Satisfaction Survey

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  • Kittisak Jermsittiparsert
  • Thanaporn Sriyakul
  • Chayongkan Pamornmast
  • Sudarat Rodboonsong
  • Wanwichit Boonprong
  • Nuanluk Sangperm
  • Vanisa Pakvichai
  • Tanapon Vipaporn
  • Kulnalee Maneechote

Abstract

This research aims to (i) examine the effectiveness and the efficiency of primary education management with regards to the service user satisfaction within 29 primary schools in Thailand, subject under provincial administrative organization (PAO), and their counterparts, which are under the authority of the Office of the Basic Education Commission (OBEC), (ii) to conduct a comparative study concerning the effectiveness and the efficiency generated from the selected schools by specifically handpicking, from each province, one school from the PAO and two from the OBEC, amounting to the total number of 3 schools representing each province. The selected samples can be categorized into those containing similar numbers of students and the ones with certain amounts of operating unit cost (OUC), which are essentially contributing to the sum of 87 schools. The data collection was carried out by drawing samples from the students, the parents, and the members of the concerned communities. Each group comprised 812 subjects, leading to the total number of 2,436 study subjects. The gathered data is analysed using average mean and t-test. The findings indicate that the level of user satisfaction, in general, towards the primary education management of the PAO schools, which is marked as  x= 4.34, is lower than those listed under the supervision of the OBEC. Such result is consistent for either cases where the sample schools contain similar students numbers ( x= 4.41) or the case where the amount of OUC is relatively equal ( x= 4.41). Upon considering and assessing each group, it was found that while the user satisfaction level, as produced from the students and the community members, did not have significant differences, on the other hand, the level of satisfaction that was generated by the parents reveals that the parents’ perception towards primary education management under the PAO authority ( x= 4.36) was placed lower than those of OBEC, which was also applicable to both cases where similar number of students were present ( x= 4.49) and where the OUC was somewhat equivalent ( x= 4.48).

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  • Kittisak Jermsittiparsert & Thanaporn Sriyakul & Chayongkan Pamornmast & Sudarat Rodboonsong & Wanwichit Boonprong & Nuanluk Sangperm & Vanisa Pakvichai & Tanapon Vipaporn & Kulnalee Maneechote, 2016. "A Comparative Study of the Efficiency and the Effectiveness of Primary Education Management between the Provincial Administrative Organisation and the Office of the Basic Education Commission: A Service User Satisfaction Survey," Modern Applied Science, Canadian Center of Science and Education, vol. 10(7), pages 1-58, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:ibn:masjnl:v:10:y:2016:i:7:p:58
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