Explanation of Educational Inequality and Presenting Educational Development Model Inorder to Monitor and Achieving Educational Equity Case Study: Educational Districts of West Azarbaijan Province

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This study was conducted with the aim of  explanaing  and modeling educational inequality in 24 educational districts in west Azarbaijan province using educational indicators analysis. The research is of descriptive – analytical type. The statistical society is the 24 educational districts in West Azerbaijan province.  Documentary method was used for collecting the required data and information.   SPSS software is used for data analysis. TOPSIS models, dispersion coefficient, path analysis and  neural networks were used  for data analysis. Ranking results of districts by using TOPSIS technique shows that there is an inequality between educational districts of the province and amomg the 24 educational districts of West Azerbaijan province , Boukan and Soomaye Baradoost are  the richest  and the most deprived Educational districts of west Azerbaijan  respectively . The dispersion coefficient used for measuring the inequality, indicates that the highest inequality 0.828 was for the student's  indices and the lowest with 0.3 was for the educational progress  indices. Based on the results of path analysis, student indices and physical facilities, respectively, have the highest and lowest impact on the inequality of educational districts. Neural network analysis shows that economic indicators  and human resources respectively, had the most and the least importance in inequality of educational districts.

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  • Receive Date: 15 March 2015
  • Accept Date: 15 March 2015

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