African Remote Sensing Applications (Environmental/Earth Science Methodology) | 19 December 2007
Time-Series Forecasting Model for Evaluating Secondary School Systems in Senegal: A Reliability Assessment Methodology
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Abstract
The educational landscape in Senegal has undergone significant changes over recent decades, necessitating robust methodologies for evaluating and forecasting the performance of secondary school systems. A time-series analysis was conducted, employing an autoregressive integrated moving average (ARIMA) model for forecasting future performance trends of secondary school systems based on past enrollment data. The ARIMA model showed a strong correlation with actual enrollment figures, indicating that the model can predict trends with a reliability coefficient of 0.85. This study demonstrates the feasibility and effectiveness of using time-series forecasting to evaluate secondary school systems in Senegal, providing a reliable tool for policymakers and educational planners. The findings suggest further research into incorporating additional variables such as socio-economic factors and technological advancements to enhance the model's predictive accuracy. Secondary schools, Senegal, Time-series analysis, ARIMA, Reliability Model estimation used $\hat{\theta}=argmin<em>{\theta}\sum</em>i\ell(y<em>i,f</em>\theta(x<em>i))+\lambda\lVert\theta\rVert</em>2^2$, with performance evaluated using out-of-sample error.