Model of the influence of expense item ‘energy’ on excellence of school operation

Abstract

This paper aims to investigate the influence of expense item ‘Energy’ on excellence of school operation. The study was conducted on a sample of 33 primary and 13 secondary schools established by the County of Varaždin, in the area of financing decentralised functions. The following study task was set: ‘Determine the Model of influence of expense item “Energy” on excellence of school operation’. Based on research that incorporated the Pareto Principle and descriptive statistics in the area of quartile, correlation and regression analysis, a model for determining the influence of expense item ‘Energy’ on excellence of school operation in primary and secondary education was provided for the area covered by local government. Based on the results and the generated model, suggestions were made for the improvement of the primary and secondary education system at local government level of operation.