Study of the administrative management conditions of Vocational and Technical Institutions in Special Development Zone Southern Border Provinces

Abstract

The purposes of this research were 1) to study the administrative management conditions of vocational and technical institutions in special development zone of southern border provinces and 2) to study the administrative management conditions of vocational and technical education institutions in special development zone of southern border provinces based on opinions of administrators and teachers in vocational institutions which are classified by school sizes. The research instrument, which was a Five-Point Likert Scale questionnaire constructed by the researcher, was administered to a total of 322 people who were the subject of this study. The data obtained were statistically analyzed by means of percentage, arithmetic mean, and standard deviation. The results of this study were as follows:

1. The level of the administrative management conditions of vocational and technical institutions in special development zone of southern border provinces in all four dimensions was at an average level (=3.20) which the mean score ranging from the highest to the lowest were in the category of the development of student affairs (=3.30), the resource management (=3.22), the strategic plan and cooperation (=3.20) and the academic administration (=3.06) respectively.

2. When studying the level of the administrative management conditions in all four dimensions of vocational and technical institutions in special development zone of southern border provinces sorted by school sizes, it was found that the medium-sized institutions were at an average in mean score (= 3.22) which the mean score ranging from the highest to the lowest were in the category of the development of student affairs (=3.31), the strategic plan and cooperation (=3.25), the resource management (=3.20), and the academic administration (=3.12) respectively. It was also found that the small-sized institutions were at an average in mean score (= 3.19) which the mean score ranging from the highest to the lowest were in the category of the development of student affairs (=3.30), the resource management (=3.22), the strategic plan and cooperation (=3.19), and the academic administration (=3.04) respectively.