Authors:

K Chudasama

Abstract:

The robust education system being the driving force of economic prosperity, the question that: What determines educational efficiency? is of special significance. The school education is efficient, if with the optimum use of resources, its students can achieve the maximum academic result. School education differs in terms of resources (inputs) and achievements (outputs). It is possible that school education system may have less input but still be more efficient and vice versa. Thus, the discrepancy between lower and higher performance of school education can be better analysed by efficiency scale rather than the usual performance-based evaluation. This paper applies Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) for efficiency appraisal of Elementary School Education in Indian States/Union Territories using State Report Cards/Flash Statistics database of NUEPA and compares derived Efficiency (DEA) Scores and Performance (Educational Development Index-EDI) Scores to inquire whether better educational (EDI) performance does necessarily turn out to be efficient (DEA) performance?

Keywords:

Education, Performance, Efficiency, Data Envelopment Analysis, India

Vol & Issue:

VOL.12, ISSUE No.2, March 2020