Guidelines for Developing Safety in the Digital Era of Schools under Nakhon Phanom Primary Educational Service Area Office 2

Abstract

This research aimed to: 1) study the current situation and desired states of school safety in the digital era, 2) assess the necessity for school safety in the digital era, and 3) develop guidelines for enhancing school safety in the digital era under the jurisdiction of the Nakhon Phanom Primary Educational Service Area Office 2. The sample group consisted of 260 school administrators and teachers, with the sample size determined using percentage criteria and selected through multi-stage random sampling. The research instruments included: 1) a questionnaire on the current state of school safety development in the digital era, 2) a questionnaire on the desired state of school safety development in the digital era, 3) a structured interview on the development of school safety in the digital era, and 4) an evaluation form assessing the suitability and feasibility of the proposed guidelines for enhancing school safety in the digital era. The research statistics included percentage, mean, standard deviation, and the Priority Needs Index Modified (PNI_Modified).

The results revealed that 1) the current state of school safety in the digital era was generally at a high level, while the desired state was at the highest level. 2)The assessment of the necessity for school safety in the digital era under the jurisdiction of the Nakhon Phanom Primary Educational Service Area Office 2 indicated that the areas with higher-than-average needs, ranked from the highest to the lowest, were: physical and mental health, natural disaster risks, rights violations, accidents, physical environmental safety, and violence, respectively. 3) The guidelines for enhancing school safety in the digital era under the jurisdiction of the Nakhon Phanom Primary Educational Service Area Office 2 included six approaches for accident prevention, six for physical and mental health promotion, seven for violence prevention, six for physical environmental safety, five for natural disaster preparedness, and four for the prevention of rights violations. The overall evaluation of the proposed guidelines showed that they were highly appropriate and feasible.