NEEDS ASSESSMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT IN SCHOOLS UNDER SAKON NAKHON PRIMARY EDUCATIONAL SERVICE AREA OFFICE 3

Abstract

The purposes of this study were: 1) to explore the current and desirable conditions of school environmental management, 2) to assess the needs of school environmental management, and 3) to establish guidelines for developing school environmental management under Primary Educational Service Area Office 3. The study sample consisted of 324 participants, including 92 school administrators and 232 teachers, obtained through multi-stage random sampling.  The participants were drawn from schools under Sakon Nakhon Primary Educational Service Area Office 3 during the 2024 academic year, with sample size determined using the Krejcie and Morgan table. The instruments used to collect data comprised the rating scale questionnaires examining current and desirable conditions, with reliability coefficients of 0.98 and 0.97, respectively. Statistics were frequency, mean, standard deviation, and Modified Priority Needs Index.

The findings were as follows: 1) the current condition of school environmental management was rated at a high level overall, whereas the desirable condition was rated the highest level overall; 2) The needs assessment of environmental management in schools under Primary Educational Service Area Office 3, indicated the priority needs index of 0.13 overall, with components ranked as follows: (1) physical environment (0.17), followed by (2) managerial environment (0.15), and 3) the proposed guidelines for school environmental management comprised two components, namely physical environment and managerial environment, which were rated at the highest levels of propriety and feasibility overall.