Education Sector Development Program - VLIR-UOS

Education Sector Development Program IV
On-budget donor contributions are included
in the education budget presented above (with
on-budget project support appearing as capital
expenditure). Off-budget contributions are
not included and, where aligned with ESDP IV
objectives and coordinated with government
activities, will reduce the financing gap. Table 5.9
shows that the government has been successful
in leveraging ever greater resources to education
but faces uncertainty going forward.
Assuming that donor contributions increase as
projected between 2009/10 and 2010/11, that
they can be sustained at that level, and that they
can be completely aligned with ESDP objectives,
the financing gap over the life of the plan will
decrease significantly. An increase of around
$85m per year over 2010/11 commitments would
eliminate the funding gap entirely (if aligned to
ESDP objectives).
Table 5.9
Donor contributions and commitments
ESDP III
ESDP IV
2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15
On budget USDm $7 $10 $19 $20 $101 $202 $55 $75 $69 $35
Off budget USDm $55 $66 $77 $96 $73 $142 $144 $125 $7 $0
PBS to USDm $0 $52 $133 $200 $167 $109 $104 $76 $0 $0
education
TOTAL with USDm $65 $127 $229 $317 $342 $453 $302 $277 $76 $35
PBS
TOTAL in USDm $38 $94 $191 $268 $305 $382 $230 $214 $73 $35
support of
ESDP
On budget ETBm 64 92 182 189 1,115 2,681 728 1,003 918 459
Off budget ETBm 522 624 730 917 801 1,892 1,913 1,658 92 -
TOTAL with ETBm 620 1,207 2,179 3,008 3,757 6,029 4,021 3,678 1,010 459
PBS
TOTAL in
support of
ESDP
ETBm 359 895 1,814 2,550 3,357 5,083 3,065 2,849 964 459
Community Contributions
The 2010 Public Education Expenditure Review
estimates that community contributions to
primary school construction, mainly in the form
of labour and materials, are around 0.1% of
GDP or approx. ETB3bn. Many communities also
systematically raise money for recurrent costs,
but this varies greatly from region to region and
no national estimates currently exist.
Under ESDP IV, community involvement
will go beyond financial, material and labor
contributions; communities will be expected
to exercise leadership, participate in school
management in such a manner that it reflects
their ownership of the school. In this context,
the communities will continue to contribute
to financing education, in particular through
support to low-cost classroom construction
through provision of local materials and labor.
The community may also, based on its ability
and development level, help out with non-salary
recurrent expenditure. Students and parents also
participate in the financing of education through
fees in TVET and tertiary education. An increase
in these contributions can contribute to filling the
financing gap.
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