UIS workshop on educational Expenditure

Dakar-Senegal 2016

Presented by Françoise Mein Astride Tamatave &

Rebeka Labiche

SEYCHELLES

The public education system caters for some 97% of the school-aged population can be summarized as;

✓A comprehensive, coeducational system, available free of charge to all Seychellois children

✓11years Compulsory education (age 6 to 16)

✓6 years primary and 5 years secondary

✓A system of further education at certificate and diploma levels available through tertiary non-university institutions. All students receive a bursary of US$60 monthly.

✓A system of tertiary university education available at nominal charge (parental contribution) to all Seychellois students who meet the selection criteria.

Distribution of schools

Source of Funding

✓From crèche to higher secondary level of studies-managed by the MoE

✓3 private schools funding up to A-Level

✓Non-university level studies

✓MoE, Tourism & Culture, Home Affairs, Health

✓Tertiary level of education – ANHRD

Source of Funding…….cont

✓Full Gvt scholarship

✓Priority labour needs (Medicine, education, accounting & finance, Tourism management, blue economy) [cost between US$ 143,000 to US$ 250,000]

✓Students getting A grades at A-Level studies

✓University of Seychelles students [cost US$42,000]

✓Partial Scholarship

✓Average cost for a 1st degree is US$39,285

✓Parental contribution – maximum US$ 10,000

Ministry of Education Budget

Since 2015, Ministry of Education is implementing Programme & Performance Based Budgeting.

Education Sector expenditure by Nature

Education sector budget share of total government budget

2014 Actual 2015 Budget 2015 Revised 2016 Budget 2017 Forecast 2018 Forecast

Percentage of MoE+ANHRD 11% 12% 12% 12% 12% 12%

Challenges

✓ Non willingness to provide data timely

✓Lack of capacity in the EMIS Section

✓Absence of an integrated EMIS

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