Uganda Note : Levels and Efficiency of Spending for Education

Uganda Note : Levels and Efficiency of Spending for Education

Due to population growth and gains in educationattainment, the size of Uganda’s education system isexpected to grow dramatically in the next dozen years inUganda. This will create pressure on scarce budgetresources. In order to accommodate larger c...

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Main Authors: Wodon, Quentin, Ninan, Elizabeth, Mulindwa, Innocent, Rakotomalala, Mamy, Tsimpo, Clarence
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC: World Bank 2017
Subjects:
EDUCATION SPENDING
EDUCATION FINANCE
DROPOUT RATES
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/848621511525907818/Uganda-Levels-and-efficiency-of-spending-for-education
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spelling okr-10986-289812021-05-25T10:54:41Z Uganda Note : Levels and Efficiency of Spending for Education Wodon, Quentin Ninan, Elizabeth Mulindwa, Innocent Rakotomalala, Mamy Tsimpo, Clarence EDUCATION SPENDING EDUCATION FINANCE DROPOUT RATES Due to population growth and gains in educationattainment, the size of Uganda’s education system isexpected to grow dramatically in the next dozen years inUganda. This will create pressure on scarce budgetresources. In order to accommodate larger cohorts ofstudents and provide an education of quality, gains ininternal efficiency will have to be achieved, but in additionsubstantial additional funding will also be needed.This note discusses issues related to the level andefficiency of spending for education in Uganda. After abrief review of recent enrollment trends and levels ofeducation attainment in the country, data on both publicand private spending for education are provided. One keyfinding is public spending for education has not kept pacewith enrollment. In part as a result, households currentlyshoulder almost two thirds of public and private educationspending in the country. Potential future trends in studentenrollment as well as budget implications are alsodiscussed, suggesting that education spending as a shareof GDP may need to increase substantially to achieveuniversal upper secondary completion 2017-12-07T17:55:17Z 2017-12-07T17:55:17Z 2016-03-01 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/848621511525907818/Uganda-Levels-and-efficiency-of-spending-for-education http://hdl.handle.net/10986/28981 English Systems Approach for Better Education Results; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Working Paper Africa Uganda
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topic EDUCATION SPENDING
EDUCATION FINANCE
DROPOUT RATES
spellingShingle EDUCATION SPENDING
EDUCATION FINANCE
DROPOUT RATES
Wodon, Quentin
Ninan, Elizabeth
Mulindwa, Innocent
Rakotomalala, Mamy
Tsimpo, Clarence
Uganda Note : Levels and Efficiency of Spending for Education
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description Due to population growth and gains in educationattainment, the size of Uganda’s education system isexpected to grow dramatically in the next dozen years inUganda. This will create pressure on scarce budgetresources. In order to accommodate larger cohorts ofstudents and provide an education of quality, gains ininternal efficiency will have to be achieved, but in additionsubstantial additional funding will also be needed.This note discusses issues related to the level andefficiency of spending for education in Uganda. After abrief review of recent enrollment trends and levels ofeducation attainment in the country, data on both publicand private spending for education are provided. One keyfinding is public spending for education has not kept pacewith enrollment. In part as a result, households currentlyshoulder almost two thirds of public and private educationspending in the country. Potential future trends in studentenrollment as well as budget implications are alsodiscussed, suggesting that education spending as a shareof GDP may need to increase substantially to achieveuniversal upper secondary completion
format Working Paper
author Wodon, Quentin
Ninan, Elizabeth
Mulindwa, Innocent
Rakotomalala, Mamy
Tsimpo, Clarence
author_facet Wodon, Quentin
Ninan, Elizabeth
Mulindwa, Innocent
Rakotomalala, Mamy
Tsimpo, Clarence
author_sort Wodon, Quentin
title Uganda Note : Levels and Efficiency of Spending for Education
title_short Uganda Note : Levels and Efficiency of Spending for Education
title_full Uganda Note : Levels and Efficiency of Spending for Education
title_fullStr Uganda Note : Levels and Efficiency of Spending for Education
title_full_unstemmed Uganda Note : Levels and Efficiency of Spending for Education
title_sort uganda note : levels and efficiency of spending for education
publisher Washington, DC: World Bank
publishDate 2017
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/848621511525907818/Uganda-Levels-and-efficiency-of-spending-for-education
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