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Financing Basic Education: The Financial Implications of Zambia’s Education for All Policy

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dc.contributor.authorWorld Bank
dc.date.accessioned2024-08-14T18:11:28Z
dc.date.available2024-08-14T18:11:28Z
dc.date.issued2022-07-31
dc.description.abstractZambia introduced free and compulsory general education in 2011, but its implementation has been incomplete. In 2021, the government introduced the “Education for All” policy which abolished all formal and informal fees in general education (pre-primary, primary, and both lower and upper secondary levels), with fees replaced by compensatory increases in grants to schools. This note presents simulation results of the fiscal implications of the Education for All policy from 2022 to 2035. However, the introduction of measures to reduce costs and increase further the share of the budget allocated to education are likely to make the successful implementation of Education for All achievable. The note presents a range of cost-saving policies, similar to those employed by other countries to reduce costs during periods of rapid system expansion without negatively impacting learning. These include rationalized use of teachers’ housing, administrative offices, and laboratories and improved utilization of secondary school teachers. Implementing these policies, alongside the increases in education outlined in the Medium-Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) would make the Education for All policy more affordable. However, our most expansive enrollment scenario would only be affordable if these cost-saving policies were coupled with further increases in education’s share of the government budget.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099081324064511036/P17589116d3cdf0c419a8f1a65106030ebd
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/42045
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/42045
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWashington, DC: World Bank
dc.relation.ispartofseriesZambia Education Knowledge Brief; No. 2
dc.rightsCC BY-NC 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/igo
dc.subjectEDUCATION
dc.subjectEDUCATION ACCESS AND EQUITY
dc.subjectEDUCATION FOR ALL
dc.subjectEDUCATION FINANCE
dc.subjectEDUCATION AND ECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subjectECONOMICS OF EDUCATION
dc.subjectECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF EDUCATION
dc.subjectQUALITY EDUCATION
dc.subjectSDG 4
dc.titleFinancing Basic Educationen
dc.title.subtitleThe Financial Implications of Zambia’s Education for All Policyen
dc.typeBrief
dspace.entity.typePublication
okr.crossref.titleFinancing Basic Education: The Financial Implications of Zambia’s Education for All Policy
okr.date.disclosure2024-08-14
okr.date.lastmodified2024-08-13T00:00:00Zen
okr.doctypeBrief
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099081324064511036/P17589116d3cdf0c419a8f1a65106030ebd
okr.guid099081324064511036
okr.identifier.docmidP175891-6d3cdfed-cf49-43c4-9a8f-a65106030ebd
okr.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1596/42045
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum34376775
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum34376775
okr.identifier.report186596
okr.import.id5084
okr.importedtrueen
okr.language.supporteden
okr.pdfurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099081324064511036/pdf/P17589116d3cdf0c419a8f1a65106030ebd.pdfen
okr.region.administrativeAfrica Eastern and Southern (AFE)
okr.region.countryZambia
okr.sectorOther Education
okr.themePublic Expenditure Management,Human Development and Gender,Data Development and Capacity Building,Public Finance Management,Education Financing,Public Sector Management,Data production, accessibility and use,Education
okr.topicEducation::Education Finance
okr.topicEducation::Economics of Education
okr.topicEducation::Education For All
okr.unitEducation AFR 1 (HAEE1)
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