Abstract:
The research purpose was to study the participation level of the school and community committees for their management of small size schools under the office of Chumphon primary educational area 1 as well as the comparison of the participation level classified by gender, age, educational background, career, and marital status. The population was the 358 school and community committees including school committees, community leaders (sub - district headmen, village headmen), the members of the sub - district administration organization, and students parents. The instrument used in the research was the questionnaire. The statistics were frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, t - test, and F - test.
The result revealed that 1) the participation level of the school and community committees for their management of small size schools under the office of Chumphon primary educational area 1 was neutral. Their participation was evaluation, cooperation, school management, and policy setting respectively 2) from the comparison of the participation level classified by gender, age, educational background, career, and marital status, it was found that two factors of educational background and career affected the participation level in a statistically significant difference at 0.05 level.