Parents’ Satisfaction Towards The Educational Management of Soomboon Kindergarten under the Nakhon Sawan Provincial Office of Education

Abstract

The objectives of this research were to 1) study the satisfaction of the parents towards the education management of Anuban Somboon School, 2) compare the satisfaction of the parents towards the management of Anuban Somboon School classified by education background and career, and 3) analyze and give suggestions for the management policy to the executive of Anuban Somboon School. The data collection was conducted by three forms of questionnaires which include check list and rating scale questionnaire to study population of this research, namely 116 students’ parents, and another group of study was three members of school management committee through semi-structural questionnaire.
The results of study showed that 1) the overall level of satisfaction of parents was at the highest, when considered each aspect, it was found that the financial management was the highest, followed by the general management, the academic management, and personnel management respectively, 2) As for the result of the satisfaction comparison of parents towards the management of Anuban Somboon School, it was found that 2.1) the parents with the education background higher than bachelor’s degree and high school were more satisfied with financial managementandgeneralmanagementthanparentswithotherlevelofeducation, 2.2) the parents with background in agricultural sector were more satisfied with the academicmanagement,generalmanagementandbudgetmanagementthanthose in other careers, and those in other areas of employment were more satisfied with budget management and general management than those with other level of education, and 3) as for the suggestion for academic management, it was recommended that the school should stress the identity of students such as English language ability; in terms of the budget management, the school should organize only specific important activities so as to help save cost for parents; regarding personnel management, the school should encourage teachers to acquire more knowledge and skills in Thai, English and Chinese languages. As for general management, the school should arrange the environment to enhance the learning andteaching,emphasizingontheclassroomatmospheretopromotethefourareas of development, that is physical, emotional, social and intelligence skills.