Factors affecting quality assurance for accreditation of general education
in private schools, Changwat Pattani
ปัจจัยที่ส่งผลต่อการประกันคุณภาพเพื่อรับรองมาตรฐานการศึกษาของโรงเรียนเอกชนประเภท
สามัญศึกษาในจังหวัดปัตตานี
Chidchanok Churngchow, Assoc. Prof., D. of Educational Evaluation and Research, F. of Education,
PSU.
Naran Sriviha, Asst. Prof., D. of Educational Evaluation and Research, F. of Education, PSU.
Wiroon Sang-ngam, Assistant District Education Officer, Office of Permanent Secretary, Pattani
Corresponding e-mail : cchidcha@eduadm.edu.psu.ac.th
Grant : Graduate School, PSU.
Published : Research Report
Key words : quality assurance, educational accreditation, quality evaluation
The objectives of this research were to describe factors influencing the quality assurance for accreditation of private general education schools, namely input, process and output; and to indicate obstructing factors for the operation of quality assurance for accreditation of this type of schools in Pattani. The study was a qualitative research using explanatory description. The subjects interviewed were Pattani Provincial Education Superintendent, Chief of the Educational Quality Development Group, supervisors form the Office of the Private Education Commission, school administrators, teachers, and school councils of the private general education schools in Pattani. Four major methods of data collection used were an in-depth interview, a participant observation, a focus group discussion and a documentary analysis. The findings indicated that factors which affect the quality assurance for accreditation were that the input factors were school administrators, school personnel, students and instructional media. The process factors were instruction, management and quality assurance for accreditation procedure and the output factors were job reference or evidence and operational sum-mary. The results also indicated that the factors obstructing the quality assurance operation were staff change, management inconsistent with the school charter, audit system, self-assessment system, self study and assessment skills, participation in the operation and understanding of the quality assurance process. It was suggested that schools and communities work together to specify additional criteria
and indicators besides seven factors, and the Office of the Private Education Commission allow the schools to participate in assessing and considering accreditation outcomes before formal announcement.
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