Abstract:
The objectives of this research were to study and to compare the state of academic administration of extended educational opportunity schools under the Office of Primary Education in 17 aspects. The sample in this study included 149 administrators of the stated schools in Krabi province and 111 administrators of the stated schools in Pang-nga province, a total of 260 persons. The instrument was a questionnaire asking the opinions of the administrators towards the academic administration of the extended educational opportunity schools. The questionnaire included 85 items of the five-point rating scale with the level of confidence at 0.94. The statistics used in this study included percentage, mean, standard deviation, and t-test at the level of significance .05.The results were as follows:1. As a whole, the state of academic administration of the extended educational opportunity schools in Krabi province and Pang-nga province was at a high level. Considering each aspect, it was found that they were at a high level. The highest level was choosing the books for learning in schools, fallowed by rule making for academic work in schools, learning development, academic planning, school syllabus development. The lowest level was the promotion of the community to have academic stability.2. In comparing the state of academic administration of the extended educational opportunity schools under the Office of Primary Education as a whole, it was found that there was significant difference at the level of .05. Considering each aspect, it was found that eight aspects had significant difference at the level of .05. considering each aspect, it was found that eight aspects had significant difference at the level of .05. They were : 1) the first aspect, the development of procedure on sharing opinion in local syllabus development, 2) the sixth aspect, the evaluation, measurement and academic transfer, 3) the eighth aspect, the development and promotion of learning resources, 4) the ninth aspect, the educational supervision, 5) the tenth aspect, the counseling, 6) the eleventh aspect, the development on quality assurance in education and educational standard, 7) the twelfth aspect, the promotion of the community to have academic stability and 8) the sixteenth aspect, the choosing of books for learning in schools. On the contrary, the other aspects were not different.