Evaluation of the Efficiency and Ranking of Primary Schools in Canton Sarajevo Using DEA

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to analyse efficiency of primary schools in Canton Sarajevo in Bosnia and Herzegovina, to identify efficient and inefficient schools, to indicate how much efficiency of inefficient schools can be improved and to rank the schools according to their efficiency. The data were obtained from the Ministry of Education, Science and Youth of Canton Sarajevo for the period from 2016 to 2017. Data envelopment analysis (DEA) method was used to evaluate the efficiency of primary schools. A comparison of the efficiency of primary schools and a ranking according to the efficiency of work in 2016 and 2017 was made as well as for the two-year period (2016)(2017). Projections of the increase in the number of pupils who successfully completed the school year, as well as the increase in the average score in the native language, the first foreign language and mathematics are made, given that all schools work efficiently.