Developing countries have increased spending on primary-secondary education in recent years to fulfill their commitment to quality education for all. However, several countries have been disappointed in the results of their additional investments and have begun to explore the reasons for the meager gains. The Public Expenditure Tracking Survey (PETS) has been an important tool in these investigations.
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Decentralization in Education
Public Expenditure Tracking in Education
Type: Research
Year of Publishing: 2005
Keywords: Public Expenditure Tracking in Education, Decentralization in Education Systems, Decentralization, Bangladesh, Ecuador, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Uganda, Zambia
Increasing Accountability in Decentralized Education in Paraná State, Brazil
Type: Research
Year of Publishing: 2005
Keywords: Increasing Accountability in Decentralized Education in Paraná State, Brazil, Decentralization in Education Systems, Decentralization
Paraná's State Secretary of Education created school report cards (SRCs) to inform school communities and stimulate greater involvement in the school improvement process. Paraná also encouraged the creation of new education stakeholder associations to increase community voice and to break the state government and teachers’ union monopoly of the education policy debate.
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Education Decentralization and School Grants
Type: Research
Year of Publishing: 2005
Keywords: Education Decentralization and School Grants, Decentralization in Education Systems, Decentralization, Guinea, Cambodia, Ethiopia, El Salvador, Chile, Indonesia, Brazil, Nicaragua
Education systems around the world decentralize management to better serve and bring services closer to their beneficiaries: students, parents, and communities. School grants are an important tool that improve efficiency, quality, and equity of the decentralization process. This brief examines the design, management, and impacts of school grants.
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Education Decentralization and School Grants
Type: Research
Year of Publishing: 2005
Keywords: Education Decentralization and School Grants, Decentralization in Education Systems, Decentralization, Guinea, Cambodia, Ethiopia, El Salvador, Chile, Indonesia, Brazil, Nicaragua
Education systems around the world decentralize management to better serve and bring services closer to their beneficiaries: students, parents, and communities. School grants are an important tool that improve efficiency, quality, and equity of the decentralization process. This brief examines the design, management, and impacts of school grants.
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Strengthening Accountability n Public Education
Type: Research
Year of Publishing: 2004
Keywords: Strengthening Accountability in Public Education, Decentralization in Education Systems, Decentralization, Ecuador, Brazil
No single policymaker or provider is responsible for failing students. Rather, a complex web of policymakers and providers is responsible. The three key actors are: clients or customers of public services; direct service providers; and policymakers. The issue of accountability is also complicated by the difficulty in defining and measuring schooling outcomes.
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Strengthening Accountability and Participation: School Self-Assessment in Namibia
Type: Research
Year of Publishing: 2004
Keywords: Strengthening Accountability and Participation: School Self-Assessment in Namibia, Decentralization in Education Systems, Decentralization, Namibia
The school self-assessment (SSA) system in Namibia was developed to respond to the Ministry of Education’s need to monitor and evaluate education results despite its chronic lack of funds. The SSA system is a core tool that helps communities and parents contribute constructively to educational improvement.
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Report Cards and Accountability in Decentralized Education Systems
Type: Research
Year of Publishing: 2004
Keywords: Report Cards and Accountability in Decentralized Education Systems, Decentralization, Decentralization in Education Systems
Transparent and public information that is easily accessed and understood by parents and other stakeholders helps ensure accountability in decentralized education systems. Report cards are one way this information can be collected. Unfortunately, only a few are in use in developing countries.
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Report Cards and Accountability in Decentralized Education Systems
Type: Research
Year of Publishing: 2004
Keywords: Report Cards and Accountability in Decentralized Education Systems, Decentralization, Decentralization in Education Systems
Transparent and public information that is easily accessed and understood by parents and other stakeholders helps ensure accountability in decentralized education systems. Report cards are one way this information can be collected. Unfortunately, only a few are in use in developing countries.
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