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SciPap-1099
Performance Measurement in Education Public Services Based on the Value for Money Concept
1 Department of Public Economics and Regional Development, Faculty of Economics, Matej Bel University, Tajovského 10, Banská Bystrica 97590, Slovakia
2 Department of Public Economics and Regional Development, Faculty of Economics, Matej Bel University, Tajovského 10, Banská Bystrica 97590, Slovakia
3 Department of Public Economics and Regional Development, Faculty of Economics, Matej Bel University, Tajovského 10, Banská Bystrica 97590, Slovakia
4 Department of Public Economics and Regional Development, Faculty of Economics, Matej Bel University, Tajovského 10, Banská Bystrica 97590, Slovakia
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Abstract: The growing interest in the performance of public services by citizens and public authorities force public service organizations to seek justification in the use of public resources. The public also require reassurance that public services provide value for money. This reflects the need for a comprehensive measurement and assessment of performance in the utilities sector. The selection of appropriate performance indicators is a key process in managing and monitoring the performance. However, this requires the participation of those organizations which this measurement concerns. The aim of the study is to present a proposal of possible performance indicators in education public services based on the Value For Money concept. The outcome of the study, in the form of a proposal for possible performance indicators, is enriched by feedback from education professionals and school heads through conducted structured interviews. The proposal of possible performance indicators can be an initial outline of appropriate performance indicators for the model for measuring and assessing the performance of public grammar schools in the future. It can also be an inspiration for other public service organizations in how to set appropriate performance indicators in relation to their objectives.
Keywords: Slovak Republic, Education, Performance Management, Value For Money, Public Service Organizations
JEL classification: H75 - State and Local Government: Health • Education • Welfare • Public Pensions, I21 - Analysis of Education, I22 - Educational Finance • Financial Aid
Received: 16 June 2020 / Revised: 8 July 2020 / Accepted: 23 August 2020 / Published: 16 September 2020
