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Eape 723:Efficiency And Equity In Education Question Paper
Eape 723:Efficiency And Equity In Education
Course:Master Of Education In Management
Institution: Chuka University question papers
Exam Year:2010
INSTRUCTIONS:
Answer question One and any other two questions.
Q.1 (a) You are given the following table showing enrolment, fixed cost and variable cost.
Enrolment Fixed cost
Variable cost
0 18000 0 120 18000 5000 240 18000 9600 360 18000 14000 480 18000 18200 600 18000 22200 720 18000 25800 840 18000 29000 960 18000 31700 1080 18000 34100
For each enrolment units show:
(i) Total cost
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(ii) Average Fixed cost (iii) Average variable cost (iv) Average total cost (v) Marginal cost [10 marks]
(b) Discuss strategies that should be adapted to check the ever increasing cost of education in Kenya. [10 marks]
Q.2 “Equity is a key issue of concern to educationists and economists.”
(a) Discuss the importance of equity in education. (b) Discuss ways by which the government can promote equity in education. [20 marks]
Q.3 Identify and discuss causes of wastage in education an suggest strategies that could be adopted to minimize education wastage. [20 marks]
Q.4 You are provided with the following students’ population data.
GRADE 1 GRADE 2 GRADE 3 GRADE 4 GRADUATES
2004
2005
2006
2007
If in each box the upper data represents Total grade enrolment and the lower data represents Repeaters,
Calculate:
(i) Grade to grade survival rate in 2005. (ii) Repeater rate for each grade in 2006.
209,000 15,000
195,000 14,000
208,000 12,000
242,000 14,000
125,000 11,000
147,000 14,000
162,000 12,000
170,000 12,000
141,000 14,000
120,000 13,000
120,000 9,000
119,000 8,000
98,000 12,000
92,000 13,000
72,000
115,000 11,000
110,000 10,000
87,000
85,000
90,000
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(iii) Graduation rate for each of the Years. (iv) Grade dropout rate for each grade in 2007. (v) Grade wastage rate from each grade in 2006. (vi) Grade cohort wastage rate (2004 cohort).
[20 marks]
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