THE GUIDELINES FOR STUDENT AFFAIRS ADMINISTRATION OF THE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY EXTENSION SCHOOLS UNDER MAE HONG SON PRIMARY EDUCATION SERVICE AREA OFFICE 1

Abstract

This research aimed to examine the current and desired conditions, needs, and guidelines for student affairs administration in opportunity extension schools under Mae Hong Son Primary Educational Service Area Office 1. The sample consisted of 106 participants, including school administrators, heads of general administration, and teachers responsible for student affairs, selected based on the Krejcie & Morgan table and stratified random sampling. The target group for interviews comprised nine scholars, including the Director of the Education Promotion Division, school administrators, and heads of general administration under Mae Hong Son Primary Educational Service Area Office 1. The research employed a mixed–methods approach. The research instruments comprised 5-point Likert scale questionnaires and interview forms. The questionnaires designed to assess both current and desired conditions demonstrated content validity coefficients ranging from 0.80 to 1.00. The discriminative power values ranged from 0.18 to 0.84 for the current-condition questionnaire, and from 0.47 to 0.87 for the desired-condition questionnaire, with the reliability of 0.97 and 0.98, respectively. Qualitative data were analyzed through content analysis and descriptive narration, whereas quantitative data were analyzed using mean, percentage, standard deviation, and the Modified Priority Needs Index (PNI modified).

The research findings were as follows: The current conditions were overall at a high level, while the desired conditions were overall at the highest level. For the modified priority needs index, the top three priorities were: 1) promoting student discipline, morality, and ethics, 2) planning student affairs, and 3) promoting democracy in schools. The guidelines for student affairs administration in educational opportunity expansion schools comprised: 1) planning student affairs by implementing planned operations and conducting monitoring and evaluation to enhance and further student affairs administration, and disseminating relevant regulations and practices to students, teachers, and parents, 2) promoting student discipline, morality, and ethics by organizing activities that develop moral and ethical values, and recognizing and encouraging students who demonstrate good behaviors or have received awards, and organizing activities that promote social responsibility, and 3) promoting democracy in schools by systematically establishing steps to promote democracy, setting policies and plans for implementing democratic practices in schools, and organizing activities that encourage student participation in expressing opinions and decision–making.