Doing Budget Analysis EDUCATION CLUSTER

1. Doing Budget Analysis EDUCATION CLUSTER Fast Tracking to meet the Education for All 2015

2. 2010 is a critical year for Education (as it is for the other MDG sectors) It marks the final stretch to Education for All (EFA) 2015 2010 EFA In 2010, countries will be conducting its “End Decade Assessment” (EDA) to check progress in meeting the EFA. The Philippines will be conducting its own assessment and the picture does not seem to be rosy.

3. Historically, Filipinos are recognized as one of the most literate and better educated people in the developing world. No longer true today!!! From Top to Bottom 1920 1940 1970 2000

4. The BIG Question? WHY are we not delivering on education?

5. Same problems afflicting Philippine education (As noted by PHDR based on sector-wide studies dating back to the mid-1920s) • high dropout rates • huge number of children outside the reach of schools • poor pupil performance • low functional literacy • poor teaching quality • disregard mother tongue in the early years of learning • excessive centralization • inadequate financial resources __________________ (Bautista et al., 2009)

6. Today, the same problems are felt… The country is way off target in its goal of achieving Education for All by 2015. NEDA says Education is the most threatened among the MDGs NSCB says the country is far from achieving the goals by 2015 particularly given the drop in net enrolment rate

7. The EFA Score Card… UBE – we are moving back with NER down to 84.8% (96% in late 1990s); high dropout; millions of out-of-school ECCD – coverage too low at less than a third 6 EFA Goals: 1. Expanded early childhood care and education 2. Universal completion of basic education 3. Learning and life skills for youth and adults 4. Improved literacy by 50 percent 5. Gender parity and equality 6. Improved quality of education Life skills – continuing adult education is virtually non existent in the country Literacy – 9.6 million functional illiterates; slow progress or no improvement at all over the years Gender – yes, parity; but curriculum, environment and outcome are far from being gender fair Quality – improving somewhat based on achievement test; but other measures show contrary results Based on the current rate of progress, key education targets will most likely be missed in 2015.

8. The 2009 Budget for Education

9. DEPED BUDGET (Basic Education) Budget in absolute terms increasing…. FY2009 P165.9 B Education Budget --- 2.36% of GDP Basic Education --- 1.93% of GDP Source: E-Net Philippines, 2008.

12. Education Budget by Subsector, 2009

13. Education Budget by Expenditure Category, 2009

14. President’s Education Budget Highlight • Allocation for 19,553 new teaching and non-teaching positions • Construction of new classrooms to achieve a 45:1 primary student • Procurement of 37.1 million textbooks to ensure a 1:1 textbook to pupil ratio • Expansion of the pre-school program covering 680,855 five-year old children • Purchase of 1.4 million desks/tables/chairs • Scholarship for 665,975 secondary students

15. *A Critique of the Education Budget

16. DEPED BUDGET (Basic Education) Budget in absolute terms increasing, BUT…. FY2009 P165.9 B Education Budget --- 2.36% of GDP Basic Education --- 1.93% of GDP Source: E-Net Philippines, 2008.

17. 12.2% 11.9%

18. Historical Trend in Education Expenditure (Philippines) Source: Department of Education

19. Source: Basic Data form DECS (1952-95), BESF (1995-98) and DBM (1999-00)

20. Spending Level Declining Per Pupil Spending Education Budget increasing only by 2% per year while Enrolment rate has been growing at 2.5% per year. Estimate Education Spending must grow faster than the combined effect of inflation and population growth

21. (1998) US$ Source: PHDR2000; Chua,1999; Arcelo,2000

22. Spending Level as % of GNP International Comparison Under-spending trend: 1997 - 3.2% of GDP 2001 - 2.5% 2005 – 2.1% 6% GNP recommended education spending Source: Global Monitoring Report, 2005

23. Spending Level Declining Per Pupil Spending Education Budget increasing only by 2% per year while Enrolment rate has been growing at 2.5% per year. Estimate Education Spending must grow faster than the combined effect of inflation and population growth

24. Summary of Indicators/Benchmarks for Budget Analysis • Nominal Budget • Budget in Real Terms • Per Pupil Expenditure in Real Terms • Historical trends for these indicators • % Share of Education to Total Budget (20%) • % Of GDP (6%) • Comparison with Other Countries • Historical trend • Allocation for literacy (3%-6% of Education Budget) • Expenditure by Subsector • Expenditure by Object (Salaries, Operations, Infrastructure)

25. Failing to address the key gaps… The proposed budget speaks very little about quality,equity, the out-of-school, the illiterates and “the unreached.”

26. Alternative Proposal for Basic Education (FY 2010) Investing in Teachers for Quality Education Investing in programs to reach the “unreach” Investing to achieve functional literacy for all Addressing Equity Improving Governance

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