Strategic Administration of Buddhist Temple Charity Schools

Abstract

The objectives of this dissertation were; 1) to analyze current conditions and
problems of administration in Buddhist temple Charity Schools, 2) to study concept,
theory, and principle of Buddhist administration and strategic plan, and 3) to propose
a strategic administration of Buddhist Temple Charity Schools. The mixed research
methodology was used in the study. The quantitative data were collected by
questionnaires from 400 teachers and analyzed by percentage, frequency, mean and
standard deviation. The qualitative data were collected by in-depth interviews with 5
administrators and focus group discussions with 8 experts, and then analyzed by
content analysis.
The results of the study found that:
The current conditions and problems of administration in Buddhist temple
Charity Schools were satisfying at the high level overall. In details, the highest level
was on budget administration, followed by academic administration, general
administration and personnel administration respectively. The administration could
be brought into analysis for Strength, Weakness, Treat and Obstacle as follows;
Strength; There were activities supporting academic, qualified teachers, good
environment for teaching and learning, and support, patronage and budget from
government sect and private sector.
Weakness; Teaching and learning system was poorly planned, personnel
worked irrelevant to their qualifications, personnel lacked of skills in technology and
performance, and the budget was not sufficient.
Treat; Schools were supported by state and private organizations as learning
resources and learning activities, and schools also obtained cooperation from
communities.
Obstacle; The study courses were not matched with the requirements of
communities, lack of instructional media, personnel lacked of morale and incentive
in work performance, and the budget was granted to schools discontinuously.
Concept and theory of Buddhist administration was to integrate the principles
of Iddhipada and Sangahavatthu in 4 aspects of administration. Steps of strategic
administration were as follows; 1) To monitor and assess internal external factors of
the school, 2) To set school strategic administration plan with vision, mission,
objective, target and strategic aspect, 3) strategic verification, 4) To assess, monitor,
follow-up, investigate, adjust and improve the strategy in relation to the actual
situations.
The strategic administration of Buddhist Temple Charity Schools consisted of;
10 Vision, educational management for mental development of the learners to be
good, intelligent and happy, 2) Mission, To focus on physical, mental, and
intellectual development of learners, 3) Objective, to have learners with education
and characters, living a life happily in accordance with Sufficiency Economy,
administration with good governance, efficiency and proficiency, personnel have
good welfare, work potential and self-development, 4) Strategy in 4 aspects;
Academic, to improve quality of curriculum and teaching and learning process;
Budget, to enhance honesty and welfare in work system; Personnel, to develop
qualification and welfare of personnel; and General Management, to develop work
system in universal standards.