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More or less money for education?
submited on 24.04.2008 in category Political stability | Fiscal affairs | Monetary policy | Regulated markets | Privatisation | Macroeconomic developments
submited on 24.04.2008 in category Political stability | Fiscal affairs | Monetary policy | Regulated markets | Privatisation | Macroeconomic developments
In the private sector when a business is not running, money are withdrawn and reallocated to other more productive (more useful respectively) producer or activity. This rationale does not hold in the state sector.
The area of education gives classical example for differences between political and business logic. There is no state budget, whose discussion misses to include appeals for larger expenses in education – certainly, coming mainly from employed in the very same sector, syndicates and others. Left and right politicians also make similar statements.
All these opinions seem not to need any evidence that larger public expenses for education will lead to higher results. However, the taxpayer deserves such an explanation. Despite that for now no analysis has shown that higher expenses lead to higher grades or better other indicators of the educational system.
International analyses show that it is difficult for the connection between expenses per capita and average results of the students. This will most likely be proven by tests in Bulgaria.
The reform in fact is a political fast. Money for education which municipalities receive from the treasury is related to the number of students in them. Slowly we are going toward higher freedom of principals in the management of the school. But the serious reform in yet to be completed.
The optimization is a process, when municipalities will shut down entire schools and they are not going to be few. The end effect will be fewer students per a number of students, but not only this. The probable effects of the better management of schools are expected regarding the grades of students. The issue of money, the state spares for education, would come on the agenda, only when the system is to a large extent optimized.
The area of education gives classical example for differences between political and business logic. There is no state budget, whose discussion misses to include appeals for larger expenses in education – certainly, coming mainly from employed in the very same sector, syndicates and others. Left and right politicians also make similar statements.
All these opinions seem not to need any evidence that larger public expenses for education will lead to higher results. However, the taxpayer deserves such an explanation. Despite that for now no analysis has shown that higher expenses lead to higher grades or better other indicators of the educational system.
International analyses show that it is difficult for the connection between expenses per capita and average results of the students. This will most likely be proven by tests in Bulgaria.
The reform in fact is a political fast. Money for education which municipalities receive from the treasury is related to the number of students in them. Slowly we are going toward higher freedom of principals in the management of the school. But the serious reform in yet to be completed.
The optimization is a process, when municipalities will shut down entire schools and they are not going to be few. The end effect will be fewer students per a number of students, but not only this. The probable effects of the better management of schools are expected regarding the grades of students. The issue of money, the state spares for education, would come on the agenda, only when the system is to a large extent optimized.
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