Poverty and Human Development Report 2009 - UNDP in Tanzania

POVERTY AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2009
in equity of education provision through the application of formula-based grants are not being
realised (Figure 13). Despite a 17% increase in the amount of funding for primary education
(Table 9), there was no increase in equity of allocations for primary education.
Figure 13: Education Personal Emolument Budget per capita across Local
Government Authorities 2008/09, and the 2008/09 Formula Allocation
Tsh per capita personal
emolument budget
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200,000
180,000
160,000
140,000
120,000
100,000
80,000
60,000
40,000
20,000
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Above Formula
Allocations
1 8 15 22 29 36 43 50 57 64 71 78 85 92 99 106 113 120 127
LGAs
Source: URT, 2008: Human Resources, p. 9
PE Formula 2008/09 PE Budget 2008/09
Underserved
LGAs
Table 9: Budget Allocations for Education, by Level, 2005/06 – 2008/09
Sub sector 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09
Primary Education 55.8% 53.9% 49.1% 50.1%
Secondary Education 14.9% 13.2% 15.7% 10.4%
Vocational Training 1.3% 1.2% 1.7% 0.6%
Other Basic Education 5.2% 6.2% 4.5% 5.5%
Folk Development 0.3% 0.3% 0.3% 0.4%
Total Basic Education 77.4% 74.6% 71.4% 67.0%
University Education 16.9% 19.9% 23.9% 26.3%
Technical Education 1.6% 1.6% 1.3% 1.2%
Other Higher Education 4.1% 3.8% 3.5% 5.4%
Total Higher Education 22.6% 25.4% 28.6% 33.0%
Total Education
100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
In TShs:
701,124 912,015 1,107,437 1,273,889
Total Government Budget 4,035,100 4,850,600 6,066,800 7,215,631
Education as % of Total Govt. Budget
Source: Assad & Kibaja, 2008
17.4% 18.8% 18.3% 17.7%
Similar disparities also persist in health (see Goal 2 of this Cluster). Implementation of incentive
packages to attract staff to underserved areas is unlikely because of existing pressures on the
recurrent budget. Therefore, the most likely mechanism to attract teachers to these areas is