Readiness for the Transferring of Educational Mission of the Local Administration, Samutsakorn Province

Abstract

Abstract

The research on “The Readiness for the Transferring of Educational Mission of the Local Administration, Samutsakorn Province” aimed to 1) study the opinions of the administrators of the Subdistrict Administrative Organization and the educational administrators of the educational institutions in Samutsakorn Province toward the readiness for the transferring of educational mission of the local administration, 2) study the factors influencing the readiness for the transferring of educational mission of the local administration, and 3) study the problems and obstacles of the local administration for the transferring of educational mission. The results showed that the opinion of the administrators of the Subdistrict Administrative Organization and the educational administrators of the educational institutions co-confirmed that the local administration was not yet ready for the transferring of educational mission due to the lack of efficient educational supports and the appropriate operation of the local administration at the policy executive level in terms of supports for academic resources in the forms of budget, personnel, improved law and regulations together with the adjustment of educational systems and management mechanism that must be flexible, transparent, just, and accountable on the basis of mutual decision-making from every part concerned. The problems and obstacles in the decentralization of educational mission onto the local administration included the structure of the local administration, the monetary and fiscal policies of the local administration, personnel management, and the full participation of the local populace.

Keywords : Local administration ; Readiness ; Transferring of of educational missiont