Publication: Piloting Per-Student Formula Financing in Moldova : First Outcomes and Policy Recommendations
Date
2013
ISSN
Published
2013
Author(s)
World Bank
Abstract
At present, the education sector is
characterized by an oversized network of increasingly small
schools and a high number of poorly paid teachers and
non-teaching staff. A recent Ministry of Education sponsored
feasibility study concluded that up to half of Moldova s
rural schools may need to be reorganized in the next three
to five years in order to counteract the sharp population
declines that have taken place over the last 20 years. It is
important to underline that the restructuring of the school
network is not a goal in itself. The main purpose of the
reforms will be to improve quality of education through
consolidation of schools and better utilization of
resources, human and physical. The results of the evaluation
of the pilots (first two-years of implementation for which
the data is available) have been presented and discussed
with the Ministry of Education during the Bank missions in
May and September 2012. This paper is organized as follows:
section two explains sector context and the core of the per
student financing reforms. Section three highlights key
milestones in per student financing reform in Moldova.
Section four reviews first outcomes of per-student finance
in two pilots Riscani and Causeni. Finally, section five
presents the summary of key findings and policy recommendations.
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“World Bank. 2013. Piloting Per-Student Formula Financing in Moldova : First Outcomes and Policy Recommendations. © Washington, DC. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20775 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”