In budget to parliament recently, the government has been advised to increase the budget of the education sector for the financial year 2016/2017 to be consistent with the statements of the availability of free education corresponding to cover the cost of the improvement and construction of infrastructure.
The statement issued yesterday in Dar es Salaam and John Kalage CEO at HakiElimu, when he was informed analysis and advice to the Agency on the direction Hakieli budget elimu2016 / 2017.
Kalaghe said the government must increase the budget of the education sector for the financial year 2016/2017 to reach 20 percent of the national budget or 6 percent of the total income taiafa.
Moreover he said, according to the analyzes made as an organization, and based on the statistics of the number of students, the school and needs, each year the government will have to allocate the amount of money of not less than Tsh. 1034.5 billion out of the other requirements of the sector in order to finance free education.
"We appreciate the recent parliament is expected to begin its sessions and as lobbyists and stakeholder access to quality education in the country, we recommend to the government areas that need to be emphasized in the budget allocation for the education sector tors" said Kalage.
Referring to the key areas that the government should consider in planning its budget through the industry said the area includes the budget for the implementation of education without fees, budget allocation for the education sector, budget inspection and verification of the quality of education, policy guidance of new knowledge and estimates of the education sector budget 2016/2017.
He noted that the area of budget implementation of education without fees, should start to be implemented before the agency without fee ordinance, the matter was likitekelezwa through contributions of parents to contribute to education in collaboration with the government.
In addition about costs cover fees and subsidies in schools in favor of the equipment, the cost of examination and operating costs for primary and secondary school said, that those costs were zikifanikishwa initial integration of the contributions of parents and the government then the government should cover all costs sh.bilioni allocate the amount of 161.5 in those areas.
Describing the cost of cover construction and infrastructure which they had been inflated and parents said the government cover the costs to allocate 1 billion, 438 while in terms of costs to cover the provision of porridge in primary school and initially divide the amount of sh 198.
Similarly on the budgeting of the education sector, he suggested that despite the challenges in the planning of expenditures in the education sector, the government should look at ways of balancing the budget for recurrent and development.
"We see in the last five years the average budget for development of the education sector has been between 11 percent to only 16 during the normal use reaches 80 to 90 percent, the amount allocated is duly kidogosana comparison to the challenge,
"For instance, the budget for the year 2015/2016 entire budget was sh.3887 billion while the development budget as only 16 percent " he said.
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