World Bank2013-03-132013-03-132011-02https://hdl.handle.net/10986/12699The Public Expenditure Tracking Survey (PETS) looked at four components essential to the strengthening and development of the education sector in Afghanistan: 1) the payment of staff salaries; 2) the availability and use of an operations and maintenance (O&M) budget to support administrative teams and schools; 3) the construction of new schools through the Education Quality Improvement Program (EQUIP); and 4) the distribution of textbooks. The overall objective of the PETS is to understand the dynamics of resource flows in the education sector, to articulate a number of recommendations to improve effectiveness of this resource flow and increase the impact of reforms in the education sector in Afghanistan. This first study will focus on key aspects of resource flow: the extent to which public resources reach service-delivery points (schools); the timeliness of that delivery; the type and scale of bottlenecks and anomalies in the system that may result in delay or leakage of inputs to services; the capacity and flexibility available amongst local officials at all levels to address these bottlenecks. The report is organized as follows: section two presents an overview of the financial landscape of education in the country as well as specific profiles of the three provinces and districts where the research was carried out. Section three looks at the issues related to the payment of salaries and wages to teachers. Section four presents the factors that lead to inefficiencies in meeting the O&M needs of schools and provincial offices. Section five presents the state of completion of schools under EQUIPs and analyses the reasons that lead to these in the three provinces. Section six tracks the distribution of textbooks to provinces from the central level to the schools.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS TO COMPUTERSACCOUNTABILITYACCOUNTINGACHIEVEMENTACHIEVEMENTSATTENDANCE RECORDSBRIBESBUDGET ALLOCATIONBUDGET ALLOCATIONSBUDGET COVERSBUDGET EXECUTIONBUDGET EXPENDITUREBUDGET OPERATIONSBUDGET PLANNINGBUDGET PROPOSALSCAPACITY BUILDINGCENTRAL AGENCIESCIVIL SERVANTSCLASSROOMCLASSROOMSCOMMUNITY DEVELOPMENTCOMPLETION RATESCONSTRUCTION OF BUILDINGSCONSTRUCTION OF SCHOOLSCOST OF EDUCATIONCURRICULUM DEVELOPMENTDATA COLLECTIONDATA ENTRYDATA QUALITYDECISION MAKINGDISTRICT EDUCATIONEDUCATION BUDGETEDUCATION CURRICULUMEDUCATION DEPARTMENTEDUCATION MANAGEMENTEDUCATION OFFICESEDUCATION OFFICIALSEDUCATION PROGRAMEDUCATION QUALITYEDUCATION SECTOREDUCATION SERVICESEMPLOYMENTEXPENDITURESFEMALE TEACHERSFINANCIAL INFORMATIONFINANCIAL MANAGEMENTFINANCIAL MANAGEMENT INFORMATIONFINANCIAL MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMFINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMSFINANCIAL RESOURCESFINANCIAL SYSTEMFINANCIAL SYSTEMSFREEDOM OF MOVEMENTGENDER RATIOGENERAL EDUCATIONGIRLSHUMAN RESOURCESINTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR MIGRATIONINTERVENTIONSJOB SATISFACTIONLITERACYLITERACY EDUCATIONMAINTENANCE BUDGETMAINTENANCE OF SCHOOLSMINISTRY OF EDUCATIONMINISTRY OF FINANCENATIONAL BUDGETNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTNUMBER OF SCHOOLSNUMBER OF STUDENTSNUMBER OF TEACHERSPAPERSPAYMENT SYSTEMPERFORMANCE IN SCHOOLSPRIMARY EDUCATIONPRIMARY EDUCATION SCHOOLSPRIMARY LEVELPRINCIPALSPROGRAM PERFORMANCEPROGRAMSPROVINCIAL EDUCATIONPROVINCIAL LEVELPROVINCIAL LEVELSPUBLIC EXPENDITUREPUBLIC EXPENDITURE TRACKINGPUBLIC RESOURCESQUALITY CONTROLRESOURCE FLOWSRURAL AREASSALARY PAYMENTSSCHOOL \LEVELSCHOOL ADMINISTRATIONSCHOOL ATTENDANCESCHOOL BUILDINGSCHOOL BUILDINGSSCHOOL COMPLETIONSCHOOL CONSTRUCTIONSCHOOL CONSTRUCTION PROGRAMSCHOOL DATASCHOOL GOINGSCHOOL GOING CHILDRENSCHOOL HEADMASTERSSCHOOL LEVELSCHOOL LEVELSSCHOOL MAINTENANCESCHOOL MANAGEMENTSCHOOL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEESSCHOOL OFFICIALSSCHOOL SELECTIONSCHOOL SIZESCHOOL SURVEYSCHOOL YEARSCHOOL-AGESCHOOLSSECONDARY SCHOOLSSERVICE DELIVERYSTAFF SALARIESTEACHERTEACHER EDUCATIONTEACHERSTECHNICAL ASSISTANCETEXTBOOKTEXTBOOK DISTRIBUTIONTEXTBOOK PROCUREMENTTEXTBOOKSTOTAL EXPENDITUREVISITS TO SCHOOLSVOCATIONAL EDUCATIONWORKERSWorld Bank10.1596/12699