Budget Administration Affecting the Effectiveness of Academic Affairs Administration in Schools under Sakon Nakhon Primary Educational Service Area Office 3
Abstract:
This research aimed to examine, compare, identify the predictive relationships, determine the predictive power, and establish guidelines for developing the budget administration that affected the effectiveness of academic affairs administration in schools under the jurisdiction of Sakon Nakhon Primary Educational Service Area Office 3. The sample group consisted of 336 participants, including equal groups of 84 school administrators, teachers responsible for finance management, teachers responsible for academic affairs, and teachers from 84 schools under Sakon Nakhon Primary Educational Service Area Office 2 in the academic year 2019. The sample size was determined according to Krejcie and Morgan's table, and purposive sampling. The research tools included questionnaires and interview forms. The questionnaire on budget administration had a reliability of 0.971, whereas the academic affairs administration demonstrated a reliability of 0.981. Statistics used for data analysis comprised frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, t test, and One - Way analysis of variance (F - test). Pearson's product - moment correlation coefficient analysis and Stepwise multiple regression analysis.
The findings were as follows:
1. The budget administration was overall at the highest level.
2. The academic affairs administration in schools was overall at the highest level.
3. The comparative results of budget administration as perceived by participants, classified by positions, work experience, and school sizes, showed no difference overall.
4. The comparative results of academic affairs administration in schools as perceived by participants classified by positions, work experience, and school sizes, showed no difference overall.
5. The budget administration and academic affairs administration in schools showed a positive relationship at a high level, with the .01 level of significance.
6. The budget administration, in two aspects, namely supplies and asset management, and financial monitoring, evaluation, and reporting on budget utilization, showed a predictive power of 55.6 percent.
7. This research proposed guidelines for developing budget administration in two key areas: 1) Supplies and Asset Management. Committees or personnel responsible should be appointed to inspect materials, equipment, land, and buildings, and to conduct procurement activities in accordance with the monitoring plan. Supervision and monitoring should be carried out to ensure accuracy, regulatory compliance, and up to - date records. 2) Financial Monitoring, Evaluation, and Reporting on Budget Utilization. Summary reports of inspection and monitoring results, as well as financial utilization, should be prepared in accordance with relevant rules and regulations. These reports should also include an analysis of outcomes derived from the implementation.