Evaluation System of the Regional Directorates of National Education through Public Primary School Resources

Abstract

Effective resource allocation in the education sector requires a comprehensive understanding of the current situation. This study aims to support the Ministry of National Education in Madagascar in distributing resources more equitably among the 23 Regional Directorates of National Education (DREN). To achieve this, we developed a decision support system (DSS) using the multi-criteria methods Centroidous to assign importance to the criteria and combined compromise for ideal solution (CoCoFISo) to rank the DREN. The evaluation considered nine criteria related to the availability of human and material resources and their impact on student performance in examinations. The system analysed data from primary schools across Madagascar for the 2022 2023 academic year. The Centroidous method prioritise the criteria in divergent manners, thus resulting in fluctuations in the rankings of the DRENs according to the CoCoFISo method. This variation was observed to be contingent upon the criteria weights and the availability of resources in each primary school. Notably, the Analamanga DREN is in a leading position. The analysis revealed that the distribution of resources among the DRENs was found to be inequitable. Consequently, the findings of this study could assist the head of the Ministry of National Education in Madagascar in making more informed and equitable decisions regarding resource allocation.