Assessing the Internal Efficiency of Catholic State-Approved Primary Schools in Goma
Bertrand BAHANI MASOMO *
Human Sciences Section, Department of Academic and Professional Guidance, The Higher Pedagogical Institute of Machumbi / Walikale in North Kivu, DR Congo.
Jean-Pierre IKOLONGO BEFEMBO
Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, National Pedagogical University, Kinshasa, DR Congo.
José INDENGE Y' ESSAMBALAKA
Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science and Technology, Statistics and Computer Science, National Pedagogical University, Kinshasa, DR Congo.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
According to Article 43 of this constitution, primary education is compulsory and free in public institutions. The state should emphasise that free education is thus one of the factors of access to education for children and young people, one of the elements likely to ensure equality of opportunity, one of the components of the right to education. It is therefore a driving force for progress and constitutes, for the country, a social and political issue. Throughout this study, we have sought to answer the general question: Are the Catholic primary schools in Goma effective? The study aims to assess the internal efficiency of catholic state-approved primary schools in Goma.
In this study, we have referred to the documentary technique for collecting data and the Labrousse and Perrot technique for data processing and some indicators of the resources devoted to the system. These schoolchildren are grouped into 42 schools that they attended them during the period from 2015 to 2021. Analysis of the data shows that the Input/Output ratio is 1.46, above 1, and the efficiency coefficient is. 68 gold. 68% below 100 plus a non-monetary cost surplus of. 46. The observed efficiency coefficient and the Input/Output ratio show that the education system is weak in these schools, where each student enrolled has only a 68% chance of being certified without repeating and a 32% chance of repeating or dropping out. In conclusion, we find that Catholic primary schools are ineffective. Ultimately, improving the internal efficiency of Goma's Catholic primary schools requires a better allocation of material and human resources, but also a reform of pedagogical and administrative practices likely to guarantee each pupil a better chance of success.
Keywords: Primary schools, constitutional, catholic, Democratic Republic of Congo, children