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Public Investment and the Goal of Providing Universal Access to Primary Education by 2015 in Kenya
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Omwami, Edith Mukudi; Omwami, Raymond K. – International Journal of Educational Development, 2010
The authors use population census data to project school enrolment for Kenya. They also employ current education sector budget and national revenue base statistics to model the sector budget and to forecast the revenue base growth required to sustain universal primary education (UPE). The 2003 fiscal year unit cost of education is used as the base…
Descriptors: Investment, Income, Foreign Countries, Unit Costs
Approaches to Costing Adult Literacy Programmes, Especially in Africa
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Carr-Hill, Roy; Roberts, Fiona; Currie, Elizabeth – International Journal of Educational Development, 2010
Background: This study was originally prepared for the African Inter-Ministerial Conference on Literacy (September 2007) with the objective of analysing the costs of successful adult literacy programmes run both by government ministries, as well as international and national non-governmental organisations. Objectives: This study aims to increase…
Descriptors: Nongovernmental Organizations, Foreign Countries, Public Education, Computation
Manual for Reducing Educational Unit Costs in Latin American Countries.
Centro Multinacional de Investigacion Educativa, San Jose (Costa Rica). – 1974
Designed for educational administrators, this manual provides suggestions for reducing educational unit costs in Latin America without reducing the quality of the education. Chapter one defines unit cost concepts and compares the costs of the Latin American countries. Chapter two deals with the different policies which could affect the principal…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Cost Effectiveness, Developing Nations, Educational Administration