Author(s): Somjintana Koompai, Neeranat Kaewprasert Rakangthong
After a comparison of educational inequality between the urban high schools and rural high school in Nakhon Si Thammarat the results showed that the students in urban high schools, Nakhon Si Thammarat have good grades, warm families, enough income for living, live in a good environment, no financial problem. Their school administrators are well taking care of students. The teachers have knowledge and expertise. And the schools have a lot of learning activities for students. On the other sides, the students in rural high school have good grades too. They want to learn challenging subjects, have warm families. Their housing is convenient and safe. But they have limited incomes, therefore, most of them cannot study with well-known tutors and may have financial problems if studying at universities. The school administrators create new things for their schools and students and them close to students. The teachers have knowledge and expertise in their subjects and have good teaching methods for students. The schools have new buildings and complete equipment for learning as well as having good activities beyond education. When comparing the differences between urban high schools and Rural high school, it is found that Rural high school are inequalities from the urban ones in terms of student characteristics, income, housing, school management, school administrators, teachers, and learning activities.