PMMA-10333 Will school level decision making improve access to better education for the poor in Sri Lanka?

Abstract

Although Sri Lankas educational achievements, in terms of traditional indicators, are praiseworthy the equity and quality aspects of education has lagged behind over the years. The 1997 education reforms, which are now being implemented, attempt to improve upon the inequities in the education system by various policy measures. This study proposes to examine the viability of two of those proposals, which specifically attempts to improve access to better quality education through school level -- as oppose to centralized -- decision-making. These are: 1) the Educational Quality Inputs (EQI) scheme; and, 2) the School Based Management (SBM) scheme. The EQI scheme has been operational since 2001, and the SBM scheme will come in to force in 2006. The present study proposes to examine the success of the EQI scheme-- that gave powers to school level authorities in the identification and procurement of educational quality inputs in improving access to educational resources at the school level. The results of this analysis will be used to critically examine the potential the proposed SBM has in eliminating inequalities in the education sector.

Members

Project leader: Nisha Arunatilake

Project researchers: Indika Wijethunga | Priyanka Jayawardena | Roshani De Silva

Journal publication

Authors	Co-Authors	Title of paper	Title of Economic Review	Bibliographic references
Nisha Arunatilake	Priyanka Jayawardena	Formula Funding and Decentralized Management of Schools - Has it Improved Resource Allocation in schools in Sri Lanka?	International Journal of Educational Development	(2010) 30 pp. 44-53

Working Papers

	Title	Modified	Size	Comments	Recommendations
	Will Formula-Based Funding and Decentralized Management Improve School Level Resources in Sri Lanka?	2008-08-15	625.61KB	0	0

Policy Briefs

	Title	Modified	Size	Comments	Recommendations
	Will Formula-Based Funding and Decentralized Management Improve School Level Resources in Sri Lanka?	2008-08-15	29.14KB	0	0

Final report

	Title	Modified	Size	Comments	Recommendations
		2007-10-25	860 KB	0	1

Proposal

	Title	Modified	Size	Comments	Recommendations
		2005-04-30	149 KB	0	0