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Abstract

It is known that a well-established education system of a country contributes positively to both the citizens of a nation and its overall economic development and growth. The objective of the study is to identify efficiency and faults in the education sector of Gilgit-Baltistan. For this purpose, this study intent to estimates and evaluates the performance of 1149 government girls and boys’ schools in seven districts of Gilgit-Baltistan using data envelopment analysis (DEA) which helps to highlight ways to reduce inputs or increase outputs necessary for insufficient schools. The utilized data was taken from Directorate of Education Gilgit-Baltistan for the year 2012 to 2013. The results indicate that while the majority of government schools in the Gigit-Baltistan are efficient, a number of them lack in performance due to inadequate use of the available resources. Furthermore, girl’s schools are more efficient as compared to boys' schools in the studied region. In short, this sort of research will be helpful in improving best performance in educational sectors in both government and private sectors.