ROLES OF ECCLESIASTICAL ADMINISTRATIVE MONKS ON PUBLIC AIDS DURING CORONAVIRUS 2019 PANDEMIC IN LOEI PROVINCE

Abstract

               The objectives of the research were (1) to study the roles of Buddhist ecclesiastical administrative monks on public aids during the Coronavisus 2019 pandemic in Loei province, and (2) to study the recommendation on the roles of ecclesiastical administrative monks on public aids during the Coronavirus 2019 pandemic in Loei province. The population of the research was a total of 1,806 monks and novices under the Ecclesiastical Administrative Area of Dhammayutika Nikaya monks in Loei province; the 317 samples were selected by using Krejcie and Morgan’s table, the stratified random sampling, based on their status, and the simple random sampling, based on the ratio of the population’s each group. The instrument used for data collection was the five-point rating scale questionnaire. The statistics used for data analysis comprised of percentage, arithmetic mean and standard deviation.  

               The findings of the research were as follows: 1) The roles of ecclesiastical administrative monks on public aids during Coronavirus 2019 pandemic in Loei province were found to be at the highest level. Separately considered, the Promotion of Arts and Culture was only found to be at a high level. 2) The recommendation on the roles of ecclesiastical administrative monks on public aids during Coronavirus 2019 pandemic in Loei province was that the cooperation network of Buddhist monks should be systematically operated in the same line all over the whole province, and it should be added with sufficient responsible personnel.