The Situation of School Safety Implementation Outcome in Primary Schools, Khun Talae Sub-district, Mueang Surat Thani District, Surat Thani Province

Abstract

Schools are expected as the safety places including building structure and safety management. This research aimed to study the situation of primary school safety implementation outcomes in Khun Talae sub-district, Mueang Surat Thani district, Surat Thani province. The population was composed of four primary schools. Data were collected using a standard checklist from the Occupational Safety and Health Division, Ministry of Labour, and in-depth interviews. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics such as frequency and percentage. The results revealed that all primary schools did not reach the standard checklist. Of 32 checklist items, schools under the Office of the Basic Education Commission affiliating school 1 (OBEC1) passed 24 items of the standard (75%), the OBEC2 passed 30 items (93.75%), the OBEC3 passed 23 items (71.88%) and the Local Government Organization affiliating school (LGO) passed 30 items (93.75%).
The results of the school safety institutions using 30 questions of checklist part 2 found that all schools achieved 12 items whereas there were 18 unqualified items in all schools (2 out of 4 schools failed 6 items, and 1 in 4 schools failed 12 items of checklist). Consequently, those 18 items of checklist can be grouped into the following main issues; 1) the preparedness of school staff to perform the academic safety, 2) fire prevention and firefighting management in school, 3) the preparedness of safety infrastructures, building, and equipment, 4) safety policy and standard of primary school, and 5) participation of each sector such as teacher, student, parents, community, and government sectors. This study's results can be used as basic information and guidelines for school safety management in the future.