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School Fees : A Roadblock to Education For All

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dc.creator Bentaouet Kattan, Raja
dc.creator Burnett, Nicholas
dc.date 2012-08-13T11:14:03Z
dc.date 2012-08-13T11:14:03Z
dc.date 2004-08
dc.date.accessioned 2016-03-27T23:29:33Z
dc.date.available 2016-03-27T23:29:33Z
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10350
dc.identifier.uri http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/10986/10350
dc.description There is increasing momentum on the road to Education for All (EFA), but school fees are still a roadblock for too many children. Several African countries have recently abolished school fees outright. The dramatic surge in enrollments that followed, is strong evidence that the payment of fees can be a major obstacle to enrollment. The note examines the prevalence of fees, and their impact worldwide, and draws lessons involved in attempts to eliminate user fees, and to provide alternate sources of financing. Some important lessons are being learned from these efforts, namely, that fees cannot be abolished without consideration of whether, and how, they should be replaced by an alternative source of income. Replacement revenues can be provided by simply increasing expenditures on education, by improving the efficiency of education spending, or by use of debt relief funds to close the financing gap.
dc.language English
dc.publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation Education Notes
dc.rights CC BY 3.0 Unported
dc.rights http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
dc.rights World Bank
dc.subject CAPITATION
dc.subject COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTIONS
dc.subject COMMUNITY FINANCING
dc.subject DEBT
dc.subject DEBT RELIEF
dc.subject EDUCATION FOR ALL
dc.subject EXPENDITURE
dc.subject EXPENDITURES
dc.subject FAMILIES
dc.subject FINANCING GAP
dc.subject FINANCING MECHANISMS
dc.subject GOVERNMENT COMMITMENT
dc.subject INCOME
dc.subject INDIRECT COSTS
dc.subject LESSONS LEARNED
dc.subject OFFSETTING
dc.subject OPPORTUNITY COSTS
dc.subject PRIMARY EDUCATION
dc.subject PURCHASING
dc.subject TEACHER RECRUITMENT
dc.subject UNIFORMS
dc.subject UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION
dc.subject USER FEES
dc.title School Fees : A Roadblock to Education For All
dc.title Frais de scolarite : une barriere a l'education pour tous
dc.type Publications & Research :: Brief
dc.type Publications & Research


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