Running Header: THE MANAGEMENT OF BUDDHIST CHARITY SCHOOLS MONASTERY IN International Conference on Language, Education, Humanities and Innovation 21st & 22nd January, 2017 228 6 ICLEHI 2017-077 Anuwat Krasang The Management of Buddhist Charity Schools Monastery in Thailand Anuwat Krasang *, Phrakhursankharak Kiettisak Kittpanno, Busakorn Watthanabut, Thitiwut Manmee Department of Political Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University, Tambon LamSai, Wang Noi District, Ayutthaya Province, Thailand *Corresponding Author: anuwat.kra@hotmail.com ABSTRACT Management of Buddhist charity School monastery included; 1) Academic Administration: Administrators were responsible for the supervision of school personnel in development of advanced academic teaching according to curriculum set by the committee, 2) 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, 3) personnel management: Administrators supervised personnel within schools to meet the policy objectives, 4) 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. Keywords: The management, Buddhist, charity schools monastery Introduction Management of charity schools of Buddhist monasteries is the educational management for children and youths that is one of important duties of state and private organizations to carry out in the whole country. In the past, government could not provide all levels of education to all people. The government opened opportunities for private organization, foundations, religious institutions to share the burden by allowing those organizations to establish private schools on the conditions that those schools must abide by the rules and regulations set by the government. At present, privates schools, from kindergarten, primary, secondary to senior high schools, both academic and vocational, are established and located all over the country. The research findings indicated that each year many new private schools are open and at the same time, many private schools were closed down. Those private schools are established to provide education for children and youths in the areas where the Office of the Private Education Commission designated and complied with the rules as issued in article 3, consisting of 5 factors the private schools must have; 1) philosophy, the target of schools, 2) curriculum and instructional process, 3) school personnel, 4) educational resources and 5) educational administration (Office of the Private Education Commission,2553: p.34) Management of the Buddhist Charity Schools of monasteries involved with the necessary management resources, the 4 M’s; Man, Money, Materials and Management. Some resources are more limited. The administrators of the Charity schools must have criteria for the most effective management according to 4 missions; academic, budget, personnel and general management. The Buddhist Charity schools of monasteries are normally managed by abbots, abbot assistants, school committees. Some monasteries allocate lands for government to build schools. Some monasteries build schools and hire teachers and educational personnel