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The Objectives of this research were 1. To study the general context and management problems of monastery charity schools, 2. To study concepts, theories and the principles of good governance that were related to management of monastery charity schools and 3.To study the management of monastery charity schools according to the principles of good governance.
Methodology was mixed research methods between the qualitative and quantitative researches. The qualitative research collected data from documents and 18 key informants by in-depth-interview and from 9 experts participating in focus group discussion and analyzed data by descriptive interpretation. The quantitative research collected data from 242. Samples with questionnaires and analyzed data using descriptive and inferential statistics; frequency, percentile, mean and standard deviation.
Findings of the research were as follows:
1. General contexts and management problems of monastery charity schools were that; personnel: administrators and teachers lacked of vision in learning and teaching. Teachers had no expertise, lacking incentive to develop themselves and lacked skills in specific areas, the budget problems: Schools budget was not allocated in time and not sufficient, equipment: office equipment was limited and insufficient due to limited budget for procurement. It was not well prepared. New in-coming students did not have notebook computers and teachers did not have skill to use the notebook computers, management: teachers with basic education background were limited due to new position adjudgement and not enough new teachers to replace the vacant positions.
2. Concepts, theories and principles of good governance that were related to the management of monastery charity schools that were to operate charity schools for children and youths were continuous operation that got support from all agencies concerned. The theories that related to the monastery charity schools were school management theory, system theory, emphasizing system management, and management according the principles of good governance that was to create the efficiency for the organizations consisting of the rules of laws, ethics, transparency, participation, responsibility and value for money.
3. Management of monastery charity School according the principles of Good governance included; Academic Administration: Administrators were responsible for the supervision of school personnel in development of advanced academic teaching according to curriculum set by the committee, the budget administration: Administrators supervised the payroll staff to expedite the payment for personnel including teachers and employees and to pay at the set rate, personnel management: Administrators supervised personnel within schools to meet the policy objectives, general management: School administrators had duties to the management of schools, including buildings community relations. Classroom development teaching materials and equipment computers, desks and chairs in ready-to-use condition. Data from the quantitative research indicated that the sample’s opinions towards the monastery school management by overall; administration academics budget personnel management and general administration were at high level.
Management according to the principles of good governance included: Legality the rules of law: school administrators campaigned learning, sense of belonging, arts and culture, Morality ethics: administrators had good human relations optimistic faire dealing honoring others and listening to others Transparency: school administrators got to improve the information system to provide the accurate, current, corresponding to the reality, Participation: administrators had love and obligation and dedicating to the duty performance, Responsibility the primary responsibility: administrators monitored the use of internal and external budget to meet the objectives, Value the value for money: administrators operated according to the objectives according to the objectives in the areas of personnel, accountant, materials from both qualitative and quantitative research. The materials and equipment were managed as value for money and worthwhile. Data from the quantitative research indicated that the samples’ opinions towards the management of monastery charity schools in the areas of rules of laws, virtues, transparency, participation, cooperation, were at high level.
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