Publication: School Fees : A Roadblock to Education For All
Date
2004-08
ISSN
Published
2004-08
Author(s)
Bentaouet Kattan, Raja
Burnett, Nicholas
Abstract
There is increasing momentum on the road
to Education for All (EFA), but school fees are still a
roadblock for too many children. Several African countries
have recently abolished school fees outright. The dramatic
surge in enrollments that followed, is strong evidence that
the payment of fees can be a major obstacle to enrollment.
The note examines the prevalence of fees, and their impact
worldwide, and draws lessons involved in attempts to
eliminate user fees, and to provide alternate sources of
financing. Some important lessons are being learned from
these efforts, namely, that fees cannot be abolished without
consideration of whether, and how, they should be replaced
by an alternative source of income. Replacement revenues can
be provided by simply increasing expenditures on education,
by improving the efficiency of education spending, or by use
of debt relief funds to close the financing gap.
Citation
“Bentaouet Kattan, Raja; Burnett, Nicholas. 2004. School Fees : A Roadblock to Education For All. Education Notes. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://openknowledge.worldbank.org/entities/publication/40db7852-502c-5383-8d43-9eaffe6a6607 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”