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Tajikistan Expands Successful School Budgeting Pilot Program
On October 30, the Government of Tajikistan agreed to expand the new school finance mechanism to ten additional regions from the current five pilot regions of Kulob, Vahdat, Yavan, Khojand, and Khorog. The expansion, financed with Education for All Fast Track Initiative funds, will include management and accounting training of school directors and accountants to prepare them to manage school budget. USAID will provide technical assistance for analyses and monitoring in the pilot sites, and support the introduction of the best practices from the initial Kulob region pilot to the other pilot regions.
The new mechanism improves equity and efficiency in primary and secondary education by introducing budgeting based on per capita norms as opposed to existing input-based norms. In addition, schools gain greater autonomy in how they spend funds and are able to seek more efficient use of resources. The pilots are already showing efficiency improvements, for example, by combining small class groups. The Government has shown strong support for the new per capita mechanism since USAID began work on it in 2003. USAID directly supports the pilot in Kulob Region and assists the other four regions in replicating the pilot.
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