Measurement of Relative Efficiency of Senior High Schools Using Data Envolpement Analysis

• Alfred Adu
• Charles Sebil
• Gabriel Obed Fosu

The purpose of this research is to utilize data envelopment analysis (DEA) to measure academic efficiency of four Senior High Schools in Ghana. The proposed approach is deployed based on empirical data collected from the four schools on an efficiency scale of 0-1.0. DEA analysis assesses the relative efficiency of each of these selected schools relative to the rest of the schools in terms of academic performance. The 2012/13 academic year data from the selected schools were used for the analysis. Four input variables and five output variables were identified. The input variables were teacher to student ratio, trained to non trained teachers ratio, library facilities and contact hours per day. Output variables were estimated as grades obtained, that is 8 passes, 7 passes, 6 passes, 5 passes and below. Three schools formed the efficiency frontier and the fourth school was found inefficient for the academic year. There was an indication that reduction in contact hours per day has a larger effect on efficiency of fourth campus than does library facilities and trained to non trained teachers ratio. The purpose of this research is to utilize data envelopment analysis (DEA) to measure academic efficiency of four Senior High Schools in Ghana. The proposed approach is deployed based on empirical data collected from the four schools on an efficiency scale of 0-1.0. DEA analysis assesses the relative efficiency of each of these selected schools relative to the rest of the schools in terms of academic performance. The 2012/13 academic year data from the selected schools were used for the analysis. Four input variables and five output variables were identified. The input variables were teacher to student ratio, trained to non trained teachers ratio, library facilities and contact hours per day. Output variables were estimated as grades obtained, that is 8 passes, 7 passes, 6 passes, 5 passes and below. Three schools formed the efficiency frontier and the fourth school was found inefficient for the academic year. There was an indication that reduction in contact hours per day has a larger effect on efficiency of fourth campus than does library facilities and trained to non trained teachers ratio.

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Year:

2015

Type of Publication:

Article

Keywords:

Data Envelopment Analysis; Senior High School; Charnes-Cooper-Rhodes CCR Model

Journal:

IJASM

Volume:

2

Number:

4

Pages:

101-109

Month:

July