Madagascar Public Expenditure Review 2015 : Education
Management of the primary education system in Madagascar follows a centralized model, supported by de-concentrated services. Education is divided into (a) preschool, (b) 5 years of primary education, (c) 4 years of lower secondary, (d) 3 years of u...
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Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2016
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Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/05/24841450/madagascar-public-expenditure-review-2015-education http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24449 |
Summary: | Management of the primary education
system in Madagascar follows a centralized model, supported
by de-concentrated services. Education is divided into (a)
preschool, (b) 5 years of primary education, (c) 4 years of
lower secondary, (d) 3 years of upper secondary, and (e)
higher education. An important feature of the Malagasy
education system is the relatively well developed framework
for school-based management. The school management
committees (FAFs, Fiaraha-miombon’Antoka ho amin’ny
Fampandrosoana ny sekoly) consist of parents, teachers, the
school director, and representatives from the local
community. They have been in existence in each school since
2002, when the government started providing annual grants to
schools on a per capita basis to cover part of schools’
operating expenses. The FAFs are responsible for managing
these grants, and play a critical role in improving
accountability of service delivery and promoting community
engagement and social dialogue among local stakeholders. The
FAFs are also increasingly participating in the financing of
school operations, including hiring and paying community
teachers and financing basic supplies. Trends in
contributions from school committees in the financing of
education are examined in details later in the paper. |
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