Abstract:
The purposes of this research were to study and compare operation of students assistance system at the schools Buriram Primary Education Service Area Office 3. It was considered in line with the guidelines of Office of the Basic Education Commission of Thailand in five aspects: knowing an individual student, screening students, promoting and developing students, prevention and problem solution, and forwarding students. It was classified by sample's positions and school sizes. The sample consisted of 204 administrators and teachers. They were collected via a multi-staged sampling method. The research tool was a questionnaire with the reliability of.9518. The statistics used to analyze the obtained data were frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation. The hypothesis was tested by using independent t-test and F-test at the statistical significance of .05 level. The results revealed that:
1. The opinions of the sample on the operation of students assistance system at the schools under Buriram Primary Education Service Area Office 3 were found at a high level in overall and each aspect. Upon considering each aspect, it showed that the aspect of knowing an individual student was ranked at the average highest level and was followed by the aspects of screening students, prevention and problem solutions, promoting and developing students, and forwarding students respectively
2. The opinions of the sample on the aforementioned topic, classified by their positions were not found different in overall and each aspect.
3. The opinions of the sample on this topic, classified by their school sizes were also notfound different in overall and each aspect.
4. The sample' other opinions and suggestions about this issue were as follows: Students' advisor should be assigned by a school to continuously and thoroughly advise and take care of students. The teachers taking care of students should be continuously trained. Coordination with other organizations should be continuously made. Advisors should visit students at their house regularly. Activities should be organized for students with the same and ifferent classes in order to motivate them to make benefits for themselves and their schools. Parents should participate in the activities have regular meetings with schools. Advisor should often carry out the activities with their students. Students should be invited to participate in proposing opinions on the student assistance system. School rules and regulations should be strictly enforced otherwise the students might not give an importance on them.