The School Administration Affecting the Life Skill and Career of Students in the Opportunity Expansion School, Narathiwat Province, Thailand
This study was aimed to study the school administration that influenced the promotion of life skills and career of students of Educational Opportunity Expansion Schools in Narathiwat Province. The samples were 200 teachers who served as heads of four divisions in Educational Opportunity Expansion Schools in Narathiwat Province, chosen through the purposive sampling technique. Research tools were five-scale questionnaires with reliability of 0.952. Statistics used for this research include percentage, mean, standard deviation, and stepwise multiple regression analysis. It was found that administrative performance and the promotion of life skills and career of students were at the high level, both overall and each aspect. School administrators’ administrative performance that affects students’ life skills and career of Educational Opportunity Expansion Schools in Narathiwat Province consisted of three variables; coordination and network building, assessment and evaluation, and development and encouragement. The multiple regression analysis values were 0.803, and the prediction discrepancy value was 0.153, which could predict the promotion of life skills and career of students of Educational Opportunity Expansion Schools in Narathiwat Province as high as possible 64.5 percent.