Análise da eficiência dos Gastos Públicos Municipais em ensino fundamental no Seridó Potiguar.

Abstract

Given the importance of education in civic and vocational training, it is necessary that the resources employed in this area are used efficiently. This paper seeks to answer the following research problem: what the efficiency of the municipalities of Seridó Potiguar about their spending on education within the elementary school? From which, if traced the general objective: to analyze the efficiency of municipal spending on education in the elementary school level, in the context of Seridó Potiguar. The survey ranked as descriptive, as the objectives; survey and documentary research, as the procedures used; and quantitative, on the approach to the problem. The subjects of the research were the 25 municipalities of Seridó - Rio Grande do Norte, concerning which were taken from 14 indicators, divided into three allusive dimensions: the financing of education, non-financial educational resources and student achievement. For lack of data, five municipalities were excluded. Using the PROMETHEE II method of multi-criteria decision support, were recognized representative indices of each of the three dimensions and indexes that let you see the efficiency in education from four perspectives distintas. Os results regarding the Expenditure Gross Efficiency Ratio with Education (EGERE) revealed that the most efficient municipalities in providing nonfinancial educational resources were among the last in the financing of primary education. On the other hand, the least efficient were among the first in the ranking of financing, revealing that only apply resources does not make efficient municipality. As for Expenditure Net Efficiency Ratio with Education (ENERE), it showed that the most efficient municipalities in achieving performance of his students occupied middle positions in the ranking of funding, indicating that the application of resources to some extent, it is important to that the municipality is efficient. The Efficiency Ratio in the Operationalization of Non-Financial Educational Resources (ERONFER), it was noted that efficient municipalities in offering such resources are not necessarily in terms of manage it to provide the learning of the student. Finally, in the Total Efficiency Index Spending on Education (TEISE), the most efficient municipalities also occupied intermediate positions in the ranking of education funding, confirming the inference that a certain amount of spending is beneficial to the efficiency of municipalities, however, the main is in how these resources are used. Already the least efficient municipalities were among the more funded elementary school, endorsing the statement that only make expenditures does not improve efficiency. Adding that only hold spending does not improve student achievement, as it identifies these same municipalities are also the last in the ranking of student performance. The study had as limitation the fact of proposing a new model of indicators, lacking a larger application in order to be validated. Finally, research replication is proposed extending the timeline and the number of municipalities, as well as the analysis of the influence of external factors on education.