Abstract:
The purposes of this survey research were to study and compare expectations of parents toward English Program. The sample group was 284 parents of student , they were selected by Simple Random Sampling and classified by their education level, School affiliated and children grades level in English Program in Basic Educational, Nonthaburi Primary Educational Service area 1, during the first semester of 2013. The instrument was a 5 rating scale. The data was analyzed by frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation and Z-test.
The research findings were as follow :
1) Parents expectation toward English Program in basic Education in overall were in high level. The findings also revealed high expectations of parents toward Costs, followed by teachers and educational personnel, the opportunity of students to study at a higher level, curriculum administration and the English proficiency of teachers respectively
2) The comparisons of parents expectation on educational level, different of affiliated school and parents who have children are studying at different level found no difference