Economic analysis of educational efficiency in Morocco : An application of the DEA method

Abstract

This paper analyzes the educational efficiency of 81 provincial delegations (DMU) of the Ministry of National Education (MNE) using the non-parametric method of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). The outputs and inputs used to measure efficiency pertain to the academic years 2014-2015 and 2020-2021. The results show that the average efficiency score slightly decreased between 2014-2015 and 2020-2021, going from 0.878 to 0.874. However, the number of efficient DMUs, which was 12 in 2014-2015, remained unchanged in 2020-2021. Furthermore, the number of DMUs with an efficiency score above the average increased during this period, going from 31 to 34. The analysis of the results also highlights that the average size of inefficient DMUs is smaller than the average size of efficient DMUs. This indicates that reducing the size of schools does not necessarily lead to an improvement in their efficiencies, as smaller institutions might face a situation of underutilizing the resources at their disposal.