An Efficiency Analysis of Public and Private Elementary Schools in Dera Ghazi Khan

Authors

  • Hassan Aatzaz Assistant Education Officer, District Education, Punjab School Education Department, Pakistan Author
  • Sheikh Muhammad Ramzan Corresponding Author: Associate Professor, School of Economics, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Pakistan. Email:ramzansheikh@bzu.edu.pk Author
  • Hayat Rana Zafar Lecturer in Economics, Department of Economics, Government Civil Lines College, Multan, Pakistan Author
  • Ali Neelam Asghar Visiting Lecturer, School of Economics, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Pakistan Author

Keywords:

echnical efficiency,Scale efficiency,Data Envelopment Analysis, Public and Private Elementary Schools

Abstract

The study aims to compute the efficiency scores of the public and private elementary schools and to find out the differences in the efficiency scores, in Dera Ghazi Khan Tehsil, a junction of four provinces of Pakistan. The Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) technique has been used in this study. The CCR results for the public and private schools have been found as 0.73 and 0.74 while the BCC efficiency scores for the public and private schools are recorded as 0.89 and 0.92. The scores calculated via both the models used for the study have given the same results. Private schools are more efficient than their public counterparts. The study, therefore, upholds the dominant paradigm that private schools are more efficient than public schools.

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Published

2022-09-15

Issue

Vol. 8 No. 3 (2022)

Section

Articles