Abstract:
The purposes of this research were to: 1) study the risks in budget management of extra-large secondary schools under the Office of the Basic Education Commission; 2) study the guidelines for budget management of extra-large secondary schools under the Office of the Basic Education Commission; and 3) develop a budgetary risk management model for extra-large secondary schools under the Office of the Basic Education Commission. This research applied a mixed method approach. The sample population covered 156 extra-large secondary schools Under the Office of the Basic Education Commission. The informants were 312 directors or deputy directors of basic education schools and heads of budget management groups or budget officers. The research instruments were questionnaires, in-depth interviews, focus group discussions, and appropriateness, feasibility, and usefulness assessment forms. The statistics used for analysis were frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, and content analysis.
The research results found as follows.
1) The highest risk in budget management of extra-large secondary schools Under the Office of the Basic Education Commission fell on programs, with the highest mean on operational risk. While the first score ranking was on accountancy risk.
2) The guidelines for budget management of extra-large secondary schools under the Office of the Basic Education Commission, focused on risk management by reducing the possibility of risk occurrence.
3) The developed budgetary risk management model was called Budget risk management model for extra-Large secondary schools under the Office of the Basic Education Commission representing risk management process for the top three risks in each budget area. Most of the risks could be managed by reducing the possibility of risk occurrence, The results indicated that the suitability, feasibility and utility of the model implementation were at the highest level.