Understanding Educational Financing: A Manual for Developing Countries - Softcover

Mohammed, Jennifer; Lochan, Samuel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0850926696 ISBN 13: 9780850926699

Publisher: Commonwealth Secretariat, 2001

Synopsis

These modules on educational financing evolved from a series of seminars held in the small states of the Caribbean and the Pacific. The project was set up to improve the financial understanding and budgetary skills of key educational personnel and to help bridge the gap between finance and education ministries. With greater decentralisation a common development in most countries, responsibility for planning and administering education has shifted from central ministries to district offices and, in some cases, to educational level. This autonomy underscores the challenges for other key educational personnel to acquire the skills to improve the internal efficiency of education systems and the quality of schools in a decentralised system. This publication provides overviews of the issues raised, detailed content relevant to those issues, case studies, training material and summaries. These modules should be a useful source of information for ministries, schools, community personnel and researchers and will promote a greater understanding of the scope and relevance of educational financing.

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About the Author

Dr Purna Sen is Head of Human Rights at the Commonwealth Secretariat.

Edition details

• Publisher: Commonwealth Secretariat
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0850926696
• ISBN 13: 9780850926699
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 202