Journal of Education and Research

Efficiency of Public and Private Universities in Bangladesh: A Comparative Approach using Data Envelopment Analysis
M. Zakir Saadullah Khan 1 * , Sharna Mazumder 1
More Detail
1 Department of Economics, Comilla University, Kotbari, Comilla-3503, Bangladesh* Corresponding Author
Original Article

Journal of Education and Research, Volume 11, Issue 2, 2021, 28-52, https://doi.org/10.51474/jer.v11i2.557

Publication date: Jan 18, 2022

Views: 41 | Downloads: 36

How to cite this article
APA
In-text citation: (Khan & Mazumder, 2021)
Reference: Khan, M. Z. S., & Mazumder, S. (2021). Efficiency of Public and Private Universities in Bangladesh: A Comparative Approach using Data Envelopment Analysis. Journal of Education and Research, 11(2), 28-52. https://doi.org/10.51474/jer.v11i2.557
Vancouver
In-text citation: (1), (2), (3), etc.
Reference: Khan MZS, Mazumder S. Efficiency of Public and Private Universities in Bangladesh: A Comparative Approach using Data Envelopment Analysis. Journal of Education and Research. 2021;11(2):28-52. https://doi.org/10.51474/jer.v11i2.557
AMA
In-text citation: (1), (2), (3), etc.
Reference: Khan MZS, Mazumder S. Efficiency of Public and Private Universities in Bangladesh: A Comparative Approach using Data Envelopment Analysis. Journal of Education and Research. 2021;11(2), 28-52. https://doi.org/10.51474/jer.v11i2.557
Chicago
In-text citation: (Khan and Mazumder, 2021)
Reference: Khan, M. Zakir Saadullah, and Sharna Mazumder. "Efficiency of Public and Private Universities in Bangladesh: A Comparative Approach using Data Envelopment Analysis". Journal of Education and Research 2021 11 no. 2 (2021): 28-52. https://doi.org/10.51474/jer.v11i2.557
Harvard
In-text citation: (Khan and Mazumder, 2021)
Reference: Khan, M. Z. S., and Mazumder, S. (2021). Efficiency of Public and Private Universities in Bangladesh: A Comparative Approach using Data Envelopment Analysis. Journal of Education and Research, 11(2), pp. 28-52. https://doi.org/10.51474/jer.v11i2.557
MLA
In-text citation: (Khan and Mazumder, 2021)
Reference: Khan, M. Zakir Saadullah et al. "Efficiency of Public and Private Universities in Bangladesh: A Comparative Approach using Data Envelopment Analysis". Journal of Education and Research, vol. 11, no. 2, 2021, pp. 28-52. https://doi.org/10.51474/jer.v11i2.557
ABSTRACT
The aim of this study is to measure the efficiency of higher educational institutions and investigate the comparative efficiency of public and private higher education in Bangladesh. Using data envelopment analysis (DEA), technical efficiency of 15 public universities and 20 private universities of Bangladesh are evaluated over the period 2008-2018. The empirical results reveal that public universities on an average operate between 56.2 to 80.7 percent level of technical efficiency while the private universities between 49.1 to 77.6 percent level over the study period. That is, universities in Bangladesh, on an average, do not operate efficiently in terms of resource utilization. Over the years only 33% public universities and 25% private universities are found efficient. The inefficient universities can improve their efficiency by utilizing full capacity of the inputs or reducing the amount of inputs at the estimated inefficiency rate of the respective universities. Findings also show that the public universities have the scope of producing 1.24 to 1.78 times and private universities 1.28 to 2.04 times as much output from the same level of inputs. Special monitoring by the regulatory authorities is required for inefficient universities to enhance their efficiency level.
KEYWORDS
REFERENCES
---
LICENSE