How efficient is Malaysia’s secondary education?

The purpose of this study is to investigate the level of technical efficiency of Malaysia’s secondary education in comparison with other countries. Education efficiency has become an important issue given the pressing levels of public deficit and debt of many countries. Since the educational sector...

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Main Author:	Mohd Nahar Mohd Arshad
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	penerbit ukm 2013
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7993/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7993/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7993/1/3MOHDNAHARMOHDARSHAD.pdf

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spelling	ukm-79932016-12-14T06:45:52Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7993/ How efficient is Malaysia’s secondary education? Mohd Nahar Mohd Arshad, The purpose of this study is to investigate the level of technical efficiency of Malaysia’s secondary education in comparison with other countries. Education efficiency has become an important issue given the pressing levels of public deficit and debt of many countries. Since the educational sector always receives high priority in budget allocations, an evaluation of whether the allocations made for education has been technically efficient is important. With budget constraints and high expectation by the public to see a continuous improvement in students’ academic achievement, the educational sector has been put under pressure to deliver. The study employs TIMSS 2007 data, involving 44 countries. The technique used to calculate the level of technical efficiency is Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). Malaysia is found technically inefficient in terms of utilising its educational resources to achieve better TIMSS results in comparison with the other countries. Even after controlling for the environmental variable, Malaysia’s secondary education remains technically inefficient. penerbit ukm 2013 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7993/1/3MOHDNAHARMOHDARSHAD.pdf Mohd Nahar Mohd Arshad, (2013) How efficient is Malaysia’s secondary education? Jurnal Pendidikan Malaysia, 38 (1). pp. 25-40. ISSN 0126-6020 / 2180-0782 http://www.ukm.my/jurfpend/index.html
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description	The purpose of this study is to investigate the level of technical efficiency of Malaysia’s secondary education in comparison with other countries. Education efficiency has become an important issue given the pressing levels of public deficit and debt of many countries. Since the educational sector always receives high priority in budget allocations, an evaluation of whether the allocations made for education has been technically efficient is important. With budget constraints and high expectation by the public to see a continuous improvement in students’ academic achievement, the educational sector has been put under pressure to deliver. The study employs TIMSS 2007 data, involving 44 countries. The technique used to calculate the level of technical efficiency is Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). Malaysia is found technically inefficient in terms of utilising its educational resources to achieve better TIMSS results in comparison with the other countries. Even after controlling for the environmental variable, Malaysia’s secondary education remains technically inefficient.
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title	How efficient is Malaysia’s secondary education?
title_short	How efficient is Malaysia’s secondary education?
title_full	How efficient is Malaysia’s secondary education?
title_fullStr	How efficient is Malaysia’s secondary education?
title_full_unstemmed	How efficient is Malaysia’s secondary education?
title_sort	how efficient is malaysia’s secondary education?
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How efficient is Malaysia’s secondary education?

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