Abstract
This Ethnographic Future Research was intended to find a model of internal educational quality assurance for schools responsible for basic education in Pattani, projecting from the year 2002 onward. Personnel involving in educational quality assurance in schools responsible for basic education was interviewed. Three visions of quality assurance were as follows : 1) Positive Vision-Administrators and teachers had a good relationship with the community. The communitys participation in the management of education would render the instruction more efficient and responsive to the need of the community. 2) Negative Vision-Conflicts of interest between the community and the school arose. School administrators had less decision-making power since most decisions would be made by the school board/committee. The communitys lack of knowledge on educational quality assurance would force education personnel to resume more responsibilities, and this would possibly lead some personnel to oppose the educational reform. 3) Most Possible Vision Response to the need of the community would be more efficient if stakeholders were allowed to participate in education management. The school and the community would have a close relationship. Educational quality and standard would be continuously enhanced. Education personnel would work more systematically to attain quality, professionalism and acceptance from the public.
Keywords : basic education, educational quality assurance, Pattani, school
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