ANALYSIS OF EXTERNAL MONITORING AND EVALUATION SYSTEM TO PROPOSE A RATIONALIZED MODEL (INSTRUMENT) FOR THE SCHOOL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT IN PUNJAB-EXPLORATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS (EFA) OF THE INSTRUMENT

Abstract

The primary objective of the study was to run the exploratory factor analysis (EFA) on the instrument named analysis of external monitoring and evaluation system to propose a rationalized model (an instrument) for the school education department in Punjab. The instrument was made by the researcher from the body of broad literature. The study was instrumental in nature in which
the researcher has to provide a reliable and valid instrument/ questionnaire/ scale to the study itself and to future researchers. The population of the study consisted of head teachers, SST, PST, MEAs, and CEOs of secondary schools. The questionnaire was filled out by the above-mentioned stakeholders. Cluster random sampling was used. The validity of the instrument was ensured through exploratory factor analysis (EFA) while the reliability was calculated through Cronbach’s Alpha values. The findings of the study give a reliable instrument with a .843 Cronbach α reliability of the total scale. The findings also give the validity of the instrument composed of 6 factors that give 29 items in totality. Each factor has its own items. Further, in EFA, the KMO test showed that the data was sufficient to run the EFA successfully (KMO= .786, Bartlett’s test of Sphericity P=.000). The Eigen values of the scale were ≥ 1 and the communalities values were >.30. The EFA showed that total 29 items were retained in the scale with six factors. That item should have
been deleted from the scale if it did not saturate on any factor (<.30). It is recommended that the scale should be used for current and future studies. The scale should be exposed to other psychometric tests in Pakistan as well as in other countries to make it more reliable and valid.