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Exploring the use of data envelopment analysis for formative evaluation of senior high schools in ghana

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datacite.subject.sdg04:Educação de Qualidade
datacite.subject.sdg09:Indústria, Inovação e Infraestruturas
datacite.subject.sdg10:Reduzir as Desigualdades
dc.contributor.authorAikins, Emmanuel
dc.contributor.authorPereira dos Santos, Sérgio
dc.contributor.authorAmado, Carla
dc.date.accessioned2026-05-19T16:25:51Z
dc.date.available2026-05-19T16:25:51Z
dc.date.issued2025-05-20
dc.description.abstractThis study explores the use of data envelopment analysis (DEA) for the formative evaluation of senior high schools (SHS) in Ghana and investigates how the DEA results can help improve their performance. By assessing the relative performance of 215 public SHS across five regions (Greater Accra Region, Ashanti Region, Central Region, Upper West Region, and Upper East Region), the study contributes to the broader discourse on knowledge-based economies by demonstrating how data-driven insights can optimize resource allocation and improve human capital development. The schools are classified into groups A, B, and C based on students’ entrance examination scores, and a hierarchical categorization DEA procedure is applied to assess them across three dimensions: resource efficiency, resource effectiveness, and effectiveness. This study highlights the crucial role of knowledge creation, diffusion, and application in education management by fostering deep engagement with decision-makers, ensuring the acceptance of DEA results, and promoting continuous improvement in institutional performance. The findings reveal significant disparities in school efficiency and effectiveness, underscoring the need for structured knowledge-sharing mechanisms. To support sustained performance improvement and better resource utilization, we propose the establishment of an educational performance observatory. This initiative would function as a platform for knowledge diffusion, enabling underperforming schools to benchmark against high-performing institutions, thus reinforcing the foundational role of knowledge exchange in strengthening educational systems and, by extension, the knowledge economy.eng
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s13132-025-02747-0
dc.identifier.issn1868-7873
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/29002
dc.language.isoeng
dc.peerreviewedyes
dc.publisherSpringer
dc.relationCenter for Advanced Studies in Management and Economics
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of the Knowledge Economy
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectData envelopment analysis
dc.subjectSchool performance assessment
dc.subjectEfficiency
dc.subjectEffectiveness
dc.subjectknowledge-sharing
dc.titleExploring the use of data envelopment analysis for formative evaluation of senior high schools in ghanaeng
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.citation.issue2
oaire.citation.titleJournal of the Knowledge Economy
oaire.citation.volume17
oaire.fundingStream6817 - DCRRNI ID
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project.funder.nameFundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
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