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The Analysis of Efficiency in Public Education Expenditure in Malaysia
Mohamad Munir bin Mohamad Puzi
Supervisor: Dr Noor Haslinda bt Kulup Abdul Rashid
Bachelor of Economics (Natural Resources)
School Of Social and Economic Development
The Malaysian government's expenditure on the public higher education sector has
recorded the second highest position among developing countries in terms of percentage
of GDP (World Ranking Reveals, 2013). The performance of the local public universities is
not very significant based on the statistical outlook. Malaysia has been in a poor position
with 44th position in terms of output. The objectives of this study is to measure the level
of resource allocation efficiency in the Malaysian public education sector and identifying
the competencies of each university in the higher education sector in Malaysia. The
method used in this study is DEA (Data Envelopment Analysis). The findings show that
local universities are less in efficiency terms of resource management as compared to
private university performance. The government should review the national education
policy in line with current developments in education sectors.
Keyword: government's expenditure on the public higher education sector, spending
efficiency, public universities, private universities, resource efficiency.
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