State and problems of the operation of the school lunch program in elementary schools under the jurisdiction of the Bangkok metropolitan administration
Abstract:
The purposes of this research were to study the state and problems and to compare the problems of the school lunch program on variable of teachers indifferent sizes of elementary schools under the Jurisdiction of the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration. Questionnaires developed by the researcher were sent to 310 teachers in charge of the school lunch program. The total of 310 questionnaires, accounted for 100 percent, were returned. The data were then analyzed in terms of percentages, means and standard deviations, One-way Analysis of Variance and Scheffe test were also applied to determine the significant differences at the .05 level. The results were as follows : 1. The majority of schools had a written policy for the school lunch program. The committees were set up and comprised of teachers in school, but received diminutive cooperation from parents. A set of combination meals was incorporated. Most schools evaluated the project at the end of each semester. The majority of the budget was received from the government. Cooking utensils and dining space were insufficient, coupled with inappropriate sanitation. 2. In general problems in school lunch program were found at the low level. The problems rated at the moderate level were budget in the purchase of high cost materials and thus resulting in the loss of profit in the operation of the school lunch program. 3. A comparison of the problems of the operation of the school lunch program in elementary schools : small, medium, and large size was conducted. It was found that there were no significant differences at the .05 level according to operation, budget, dining space and materials. Although there were significant differences at the .05 level in the areas of personnel. There were a small number of teachers, and most of the teachers had limited time to help the school lunch project since most of their time was occupied by their own routine teaching jobs. It was also shown that smaller sized schools had more problems than larger sized schools.