Estimation of the Internal Efficiency of Government High Schools in Rural Areas of District Mardan

Abstract

The present study was conducted to estimate the internal efficiency of government high schools in rural areas of district Mardan and determination of factors affecting the internal efficiency. Among the rural schools, five were selected purposively due to bad reputation. A sample of 86 respondents was taken randomly of selected schools. Input–output ratio and percentages were applied for data analysis and it was observed that the input–output ratio was more than 5 for sampled schools i.e. they were internally inefficient. The factors which affected internal efficiency in government high schools were low quality of education, lack of students' interest in education, continuous repetition of students, poorly preparedness of students by earlier schooling, withdrawal of students from schools, ignorance of students' parents, custom of early marriages, inadaptability of students with school environment and poverty.