摘要：The purpose of tTujuan kajian ini adalah untuk menyiasat tahap kecekapan teknikal pendidikan menengah di Malaysia berbanding dengan negara-negara lain. Kecekapan pendidikan telah menjadi satu isu penting dalam suasana tahap defisit dan hutang kebanyakan negara yang semakin menekan. Berikutan sektor pendidikan sentiasa menerima peruntukan yang tinggi dalam bajet, penilaian sama ada peruntukan yang dibuat telah digunakan dengan cekap adalah penting. Dalam keadaan kekangan belanjawan dan berserta harapan tinggi oleh masyarakat untuk melihat peningkatan berterusan dalam pencapaian akademik pelajar, tahap penyampaian Kementerian Pendidikan perlu dipertingkatkan. Kajian ini menggunakan data TIMSS 2007 yang melibatkan 44 negara. Teknik yang digunakan untuk mengira tahap kecekapan teknikal adalah Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). Malaysia didapati tidak cekap secara teknikal dari segi menggunakan sumber-sumber pendidikan untuk mencapai keputusan TIMSS yang lebih baik berbanding dengan negara-negara lain. Walaupun selepas mengawal pemboleh ubah persekitaran, pendidikan menengah Malaysia kekal tidak cekap.his study is to investigate the level of technical efficiency of Malaysia’s secondary education in comparison with other countries. Education efficiency has become an important issue given the pressing levels of public deficit and debt of many countries. Since the educational sector always receives high priority in budget allocations, an evaluation of whether the allocations made for education has been technically efficient is important. With budget constraints and high expectation by the public to see a continuous improvement in students’ academic achievement, the educational sector has been put under pressure to deliver. The study employs TIMSS 2007 data, involving 44 countries. The technique used to calculate the level of technical efficiency is Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). Malaysia is found technically inefficient in terms of utilising its educational resources to achieve better TIMSS results in comparison with the other countries. Even after controlling for the environmental variable, Malaysia’s secondary education remains technically inefficient.
其他摘要：The purpose of this study is to investigate the level of technical efficiency of Malaysia’s secondary education in comparison with other countries. Education efficiency has become an important issue given the pressing levels of public deficit and debt of many countries. Since the educational sector always receives high priority in budget allocations, an evaluation of whether the allocations made for education has been technically efficient is important. With budget constraints and high expectation by the public to see a continuous improvement in students’ academic achievement, the educational sector has been put under pressure to deliver. The study employs TIMSS 2007 data, involving 44 countries. The technique used to calculate the level of technical efficiency is Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). Malaysia is found technically inefficient in terms of utilising its educational resources to achieve better TIMSS results in comparison with the other countries. Even after controlling for the environmental variable, Malaysia’s secondary education remains technically inefficient.
关键词：TIMSS; Pendidikan menengah; data Pembangunan analisis data; Keberkesanan
其他关键词：TIMSS; Secondary education; Data envelopment analysis; Efficient
