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Analysis of the Unit Costs for the Government Provision of Pre-Primary Education in Tanzania

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dc.creator Komba, Aneth Anselmo
dc.date 2017-04-07T05:36:47Z
dc.date 2017-04-07T05:36:47Z
dc.date 2016-03
dc.date.accessioned 2018-04-18T12:16:31Z
dc.date.available 2018-04-18T12:16:31Z
dc.identifier Komba A.A (2016). Analysis of the Unit Costs for the Government Provision of Pre-Primary Education in Tanzania. Papers in Education and Development 33/34 (12), pp. 18-43
dc.identifier 0856-4027
dc.identifier 0856-4027
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/4515
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/4515
dc.description The realisation of universal pre-primary education in any country requires serious government intervention to finance it. To be able to provide adequate funds, governments require information regarding the annual unit cost of educating a child in a pre-primary class. This study uses the 2012 Tanzanian census data to determine the unit cost of providing preprimary education in public pre-primary schools in Tanzania for two years. The study employed the qualitative research methodology using a basic/generic research design. Data were collected through existing documents, observations, telephone and face-to-face interviews with head teachers and pre-primary class teachers in 260 primary schools located in the Dar es salaam and Pwani regions. The analysis was performed using the Excel program and content analysis. The findings revealed that the public pre-primary unit cost is 517,262 and 221,960 Tanzanian shillings (Tshs.) for year one of a serious implementation of the financing strategies and the following year respectively. This amount means that, for the first year of financing pre-primary education, the unit cost is Tshs. 2,666 or $1.251 for each school day and Tshs. 53,325 or $25.15 for 20 school days per month. For the following year, the unit cost is Tshs. 1,144 or $0.54 a day and Tshs. 22,882 or $10.79 a month. The paper suggests a need to finance pre-primary education on the basis of the actual unit cost. Hence, pre-primary pupils should be provided with capitation and development grants of $25 a month in the first year of the programme implementation and $10 a month in the following years.
dc.language en
dc.publisher journal of the School of Education
dc.relation ;33/34
dc.relation ;33/34
dc.subject Unit Costs
dc.title Analysis of the Unit Costs for the Government Provision of Pre-Primary Education in Tanzania
dc.title Unit costs
dc.type Journal Article


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