Education Sector Development Program - VLIR-UOS

Education Sector Development Program IV
The tables 5.6 a and b present the share of
different categories of spending for the four main
sub-sectoral programs (primary, secondary,
TVET and higher education). In each case, the
spending on the administration and the support
of the school system by the federal, regional
and woreda levels has been included and
redistributed by level.
Table 5.6a Share of different categories of
spending (primary, secondary)
Primary
Education
Secondary
Education
Teachers 45.7% 27.1%
Non-teaching
staff
4.0% 4.3%
Training 7.0% 4.8%
Textbooks 6.2% 6.2%
School
Operating
costs
Sector admin
& support
School
feeding
8.4% 8.8%
8.9% 7.7%
8.9% n/a
WASH 3.2% n/a
Scholarships n/a 2.3%
Boarding
facilities
Capital
spending
n/a 3.4%
7.6% 35.4%
In primary education, less than 50% of spending
goes to teacher salaries. This can be explained
by two factors: on the one hand, the inclusion
of spending on sector administration and on
teacher training (which in many other budget
presentations is not assigned to primary
education); on the other hand, the government’s
intention to focus on elements which are more
directly related to quality improvement or which
are expected to help decrease pupil drop-out,
such as spending on school feeding, school
maintenance and textbooks. For secondary
education, a similar scenario exists: around a
quarter of funds are for teacher salaries, while
over 35% of spending is for capital expenses.
The share of salaries is smaller for TVET and
Higher Education, with around half of the foreseen
costs for capital spending and significant shares
for non-salary recurrent spending, mainly
referring to direct subsidies by government to
these institutions.
Table 5.6b Share of different categories of
spending (TVET, higher education)
TVET
Higher
Education
Salaries 17.9% 12.1%
Other
recurrent
Sector admin
& support
Capital
spending
20.2% 43.0%
6.2% 1.7%
55.7% 43.2%
Total 100.0% 100.0%
Total 100% 100%
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