Assessment of Green School Management in Phitsanulok Province

Abstract

This research evaluated the green school management in Phitsanulok province under the standard criteria of Department of Environmental Quality Promotion, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment ( 2012) consisting of 200 schools selected from 443 schools; 79 small schools, 86 medium schools, and 35 large schools.  The results indicated that 46% of the total number of schools were at the “excellence” level of providing environmentally friendly services, 22% of which were at the “good” level, 16% at the “fair” level, and 16% did not pass the criteria. It was found that most schools lacked green building environmental management.  Moreover, there was a significant lack of teachers who were appropriately certified to teach.  There were also a shortage and readiness of teaching staff for the basic education.  More than 50% of small and medium schools had problems of these kinds.