The Use of Digital Technology in School Administration Among School Administrators under the Sisaket Primary Educational Service Area Office 1

Abstract

This research consists purposes were 1. to investigate the conditions of digital technology utilization in school administration under the Sisaket Primary Educational Service Area Office 1 2. to compare the conditions of digital technology utilization in school administration, classified by position, work experience and school size under the Sisaket Primary Educational Service Area Office 1 and 3. to examine the problems and guidelines for promoting the utilization of digital technology in school administration under the Sisaket Primary Educational Service Area Office 1. This study employed a quantitative research methodology. The research instrument was a questionnaire with a reliability coefficient of 0.958. The sample consisted of 310 participants, determined based on the Krejcie and Morgan (1970) sampling table. The data collected from the questionnaires were analyzed using descriptive statistics, including percentage, mean and standard deviation, as well as inferential statistics comprising t-test, F-test and pairwise comparison using Scheffé’s method. The research findings revealed that 1) The overall condition of digital technology utilization in school administration was found to be at a high level (x̅ = 4.28, S.D. = 0.06) 2) The comparative analysis of the conditions of digital technology utilization in school administration, classified by position, revealed that both the overall and individual aspects of academic administration, budget administration, and general administration showed no significant differences, whereas personnel administration demonstrated significant differences and 3) The study on problems and guidelines for promoting the utilization of digital technology in school administration under the Sisaket Primary Educational Service Area Office 1 revealed the following findings: 3.1) In terms of academic administration, the promotion guidelines should emphasize continuous workshop training programs aimed at developing skills in creating digital instructional media and digital test-item banks 3.2) In terms of budget administration, the promotion guidelines should include the development of user manuals or easy-to-understand video tutorials for financial management systems 3.3) In terms of personnel administration, recommendations were made to develop an integrated application system that links personnel data with professional academic standing information and 3.4) In terms of general administration, the promotion guidelines should focus on developing document notification systems through social networking applications in order to enhance the speed and efficiency of administrative communication and directives.