Eficiência no ensino fundamental: uma análise por região de integração do Estado do Pará 2012 a 2020

Abstract

This study aimed to investigate which integration regions are considered inefficient in the application of their resources. The research is structured based on the discussions proposed by the theoretical framework throughout two chapters that address the Theory and the Managerial Public Administration model, based on the principle of efficiency, according to the model proposed by Bresser-Pereira in the 90s, highlighting the regulatory frameworks, and finally, a literature review, based on Povedano et al. (2021). For this, Data Envelopment Analysis – (DEA-BBC model) was used, output-oriented, which makes it possible to comparatively analyze the efficiency of DMUs. To measure the efficiency of Municipalities' spending, data from INEP and the Transparency Portal of the State Attorney General's Office were used. The DEA results indicated that the Tocantins RI obtained the lowest efficiency score, with increasing returns to scale, indicating that to achieve efficiency, optimal use of inputs is necessary, necessitating some reductions in its numbers of teachers and schools, so that each municipality remains on the production frontier. The scale efficiency had an average of 0.3968. These results show that the municipalities in the state of Pará urgently need to have a better use of inputs in relation to expenses, which may have been caused by the poor application of public resources, which should be reviewed by the mayors and by the governor of the State of Pará, with the insertion of public policies to reverse this situation of inefficiency in Elementary Education