Abstract:
The purpose of this research was to study the educational status of 34 private secondary schools in East-Coast provinces (Chonburi, Rayong and Chachoengsao) in the academic year 1981. There are 30 private secondary schools level M.1-M.3 and four private secondary schools level Mol-M.4,M.S.4-M.S.5» A school survey method was used to collect the data concerning Educational Status of Private Secondary School. The obtained data was analyzed by computing the educational status index of each school. The first group (M.1 -M.3) was computed from the ratio of variable with number of students. There are 18 variables such as number of the educational teachers, school areas and school incomes etc. The educational status index was set between 0 to 200 , the median was 100. And comparing some variables with some standard of Office of the Private Educational Commission and describing some variables such as- qualification and experiences of teachers, the owner of school, the manager, the headmaster and school equipments. The findings were as follow : Thirty private secondary schools of level M.1-M.3 showed : 1. The educational status index was ranged from 37.1113 to 172.6668. Boonchitvitaya School of Chonburi had the highest educational status index and Saint Antony School of Chachoengsao has the lowest one. There are 11 schools (seven schools in Chonburi and four schools in Chachoengsao) which had the educational status, index over 100. There are 19 schools (nine schools in Chonburi, four schools in Rayong and six schools in Chachoengsao) which had the educational status index below 100., it showed that these 19 schools had low educational status. 2. Most schools had no workshops, physical education rooms and laboratory rooms such as home science laboratory and agricultural arts shop. The equipment for teaching and learning in electric subject, automechanic subject and books in the libraries were not sufficient for students. The owner, manager and teachers hold a lower than Bachelor's Degree, most headmaster hold a Bachelor's Degree and had educational experiences over five years. The school fee per student was between 200 - 2400 baht per year. Four private secondary schools of level M.1-M.4, M.S.4-M.S.5 showed : Most schools had no agricultural arts laboratory. The equipment for teaching and learning automechanic subject and books in the liberies were not sufficient for student. Most teachers in M.1- M.4,M.S.4-M.S.5 hold a lower than Bachelor's Degree. The headmaster hold a Bachelors Degree and higher, they had the educational experiences over ten years. The school fee per student was between 500 - 2800 baht per year for level M.1-M.4 and 600 - 3200 baht per year for level M.S.4-M.S.5.