Expectations of Teachers and Educational Personnel in Bangkok Metropolitan on Competencies of the National Education Policy Commission

Abstract

There are 2 main objectives: to study the expectation levels of teachers and educational personnel in the Bangkok Metropolitan Area on competencies of the National Education Policy Commission and to compare the expectation levels toward the Commission’s competencies, differentiated by demographic factors. This study utilized quantitative research approach and 457 samples, comprised of teachers and educational personnel in the Bangkok Metropolitan Area, by using stratified random sampling. The data were collected by questionnaires and analyzed by using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences. The descriptive statistics were presented in percentage, frequency, mean and standard deviation. Furthermore, inferential statistics were employed for hypothesis testing, namely, one-way ANOVA and t-Test, as well as Scheffé’s Method was used for the multiple comparisons at a significance level of 0.05.

The result showed that the expectation levels of teachers and educational personnel in the Bangkok Metropolitan on competencies of the National Education Policy Commission was at the highest ( =4.44, S.D.=0.56). Furthermore, a One-way ANOVA revealed that there was a statistically significant difference in competencies score among education level (F=6.41, p < 0.01), type of personnel (t=4.63, p < 0.01), and type of responsible agencies for education management (t=-2.54, p < 0.05) at a significance level of 0.05. On the contrary, there was no statistically significant difference in mean competencies scores among gender, work experience, and occupational affiliation. Therefore, the National Education Policy Commission should be a group of experts in monitoring and evaluation of educational management however, they must be a person with morality, ethics and the ability to make independent decisions. Which will result in uplifting the Thailand’s educational quality at nationwide.