The needs of management to reduce the dropout rate Of students in school in bandung 4 school group Under udonthani primary education Service area office 3

Abstract

           This research aimed to: 1) study the current conditions and the desirable conditions of school administration in reducing student dropout rates in the Ban Dung 4 school group under the Udon Thani Primary Educational Service Area Office 3, and 2) investigate the needs for school administration to reduce student dropout rates in the same school group. The sample consisted of school administrators and teachers from 17 schools in the Ban Dung 4 school group under the Udon Thani Primary Educational Service Area Office 3. The sample size was determined using Krejcie and Morgan's table, totaling 120 participants, comprising 17 school administrators selected through purposive sampling and 103 teachers selected through simple random sampling. The research instrument was a five-point Likert scale questionnaire with a reliability coefficient of 0.95. The statistics used for data analysis included percentage, mean, standard deviation, and the Priority Need Index Modified (PNI Modified) to rank the needs from the highest to the lowest.

            The results of the study were as follows:

            1. The overall current condition of school administration to reduce student dropout rates was at a moderate level.

            2. The overall desirable condition was at a high level.

            3. The overall priority needs of school administration to reduce student dropout rates were at a PNI Modified value of 0.60. Considering each aspect, the highest need was policy formulation for reducing student dropout rates that needs to be developed first is ranked 1st (PNI_modified = 0.65), 2nd followed by the development of monitoring systems and student support systems (PNI_modified = 0.61), and 3rd proactive operations and career-linked education promotion (PNI_modified = 0.58)