ปัจจัยในการตัดสินใจของผู้ปกครองในการส่งบุตรหลานเข้าศึกษาในโรงเรียนชลกันยานุกูล สำนักงานเขตพื้นที่การศึกษามัธยมศึกษา เขต 18

Abstract

The objectives of this study were to examine and compare factors influencing parents’ decision-making when sending children to study in Chonkanyanukoon school under the Secondary Educational Service Area Office 18 in relation to educational management, teachers, educational expenses, buildings and environment, and school-parent-community relationships, as classified by educational level and monthly income. The sample consisted of 291 parents of students at Chonkanyanukoon school, obtained through simple random sampling. The research instrument was a set of five–rating-scale questionnaires. Statistics for data analysis were frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, Independents Samples t-test, One-Way ANOVA, and Scheffe method. The findings revealed that: 1. The factors influencing parents’ decision-making when sending children to study at Chonkanyanukoon school as a whole and in each aspect were at a high level. 2. The comparison of factors influencing parents’ decision-making, as classified by parents’ educational level and monthly income revealed that: 2.1 The parents with different educational levels, as a whole and in each aspect, showed no differences in terms of factors influencing their decision-making to send children to study at Chonkanyanukoon school. 2.2 The parents with different monthly income, as a whole, showed no differences in terms of factors influencing their decision-making to send children to study at Chonkanyanukoon school, whereas there were statistically different at the .05 level of significance in terms of buildings and environment. Parents with monthly income between 20,001 and 30,000 baht reported that there were more factors influencing decision-making than parents with higher monthly income than 30,000 baht.