Latvia - Public Expenditures Review : Education Sector
This review has three objectives: (i) assess the education sector outcomes; (ii) evaluate the cost of the education program and the budget formulation process; (iii) identify areas to improve the efficiency of public expenditure on education and ma...
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ACCESS TO EDUCATION ADDITION ADULT LITERACY ADULT LITERACY RATE ADULTS BASIC EDUCATION BENEFITS OF EDUCATION BOARDING BOARDING SCHOOLS BUDGET FOR EDUCATION CHILDREN IN PRESCHOOL CHILDREN WITH DISABILITY CLASS SIZE CLASS SIZES CLUSTER OF SCHOOLS COMMITMENT TO EDUCATION COMPLEXITY COMPULSORY EDUCATION CONTINGENT REPAYMENT COST PER STUDENT CURRICULA CURRICULUM DECENTRALIZATION OF EDUCATION DEGREES EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION EDUCATION BUDGET EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION ESTABLISHMENTS EDUCATION EXPENDITURE EDUCATION EXPENDITURES EDUCATION OUTCOMES EDUCATION PROGRAMS EDUCATION REFORM EDUCATION REFORMS EDUCATION SECTOR EDUCATION SERVICES EDUCATION TEACHERS EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS EDUCATIONAL SERVICES EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM EDUCATORS EMPLOYMENT ENROLLMENT ENROLLMENT RATES EQUITABLE ACCESS EXAM GENERAL EDUCATION GIFTED CHILDREN GRADE LEVELS GRADE SYSTEM GRADE TEACHING HEALTH CARE HIGHER EDUCATION HIGHER EDUCATION ESTABLISHMENTS HIGHER EDUCATION FINANCE HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS HIGHER EDUCATION SPENDING HIGHER EDUCATION STUDENTS HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM HIGHER LEVELS OF EDUCATION HIGHLY QUALIFIED TEACHERS HUMAN RESOURCES INCOME-CONTINGENT INSTRUCTION INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT JOB SEEKERS KINDERGARTENS LABOR FORCE LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION LEARNING LEARNING MATERIALS LEARNING OUTCOMES LEVEL OF EDUCATION LEVELS OF EDUCATION LITERACY MASS EDUCATION MINISTERS OF EDUCATION MINISTRY OF EDUCATION MUNICIPAL SCHOOLS NUMBER OF SCHOOLS NUMBER OF STUDENTS NUMBER OF STUDENTS PER TEACHER NUMBER OF TEACHERS OCCUPATIONS OUTCOMES OF EDUCATION PRE-SCHOOL EDUCATION PRESCHOOL EDUCATION PRESCHOOL TEACHERS PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY LEVEL PRIVATE HIGHER EDUCATION PRIVATE SCHOOLS PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS PUBLIC EDUCATION SPENDING PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC EXPENDITURE ON EDUCATION PUBLIC EXPENDITURES PUBLIC EXPENDITURES ON EDUCATION QUALIFIED TEACHERS QUALITY OF EDUCATION QUALITY TEACHERS RE-TRAINING REGIONAL EDUCATION RURAL AREAS RURAL SCHOOLS SCHOLARSHIPS SCHOOL AUTONOMY SCHOOL BOARDS SCHOOL BUILDINGS SCHOOL CLUSTERS SCHOOL DIRECTORS SCHOOL DOOR SCHOOL EDUCATION SCHOOL FEES SCHOOL NETWORK SCHOOL PERSONNEL SCHOOL YEAR SCHOOL-AGE SCHOOL-AGE POPULATION SCHOOLS SCIENTIFIC DEGREES SECONDARY EDUCATION SERVICE EDUCATION SKILLED WORKERS SMALL SCHOOLS SOCIAL SCIENCE SPEAKING SPECIAL NEEDS SPECIAL SCHOOLS STATE EDUCATIONAL POLICY STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT STUDENT ALLOCATIONS STUDENT ASSESSMENT STUDENT DEMAND STUDENT FEES STUDENT LOANS STUDENTS PER TEACHER TEACHER TEACHER RATIOS TEACHERS TEACHING TEACHING MATERIALS TEACHING POSITIONS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE TEXTBOOKS TUITION UNIVERSAL ACCESS VOCATIONAL EDUCATION VOCATIONAL SCHOOL VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS VOCATIONAL SKILLS YOUTH |
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ACCESS TO EDUCATION ADDITION ADULT LITERACY ADULT LITERACY RATE ADULTS BASIC EDUCATION BENEFITS OF EDUCATION BOARDING BOARDING SCHOOLS BUDGET FOR EDUCATION CHILDREN IN PRESCHOOL CHILDREN WITH DISABILITY CLASS SIZE CLASS SIZES CLUSTER OF SCHOOLS COMMITMENT TO EDUCATION COMPLEXITY COMPULSORY EDUCATION CONTINGENT REPAYMENT COST PER STUDENT CURRICULA CURRICULUM DECENTRALIZATION OF EDUCATION DEGREES EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION EDUCATION BUDGET EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION ESTABLISHMENTS EDUCATION EXPENDITURE EDUCATION EXPENDITURES EDUCATION OUTCOMES EDUCATION PROGRAMS EDUCATION REFORM EDUCATION REFORMS EDUCATION SECTOR EDUCATION SERVICES EDUCATION TEACHERS EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS EDUCATIONAL SERVICES EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM EDUCATORS EMPLOYMENT ENROLLMENT ENROLLMENT RATES EQUITABLE ACCESS EXAM GENERAL EDUCATION GIFTED CHILDREN GRADE LEVELS GRADE SYSTEM GRADE TEACHING HEALTH CARE HIGHER EDUCATION HIGHER EDUCATION ESTABLISHMENTS HIGHER EDUCATION FINANCE HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS HIGHER EDUCATION SPENDING HIGHER EDUCATION STUDENTS HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM HIGHER LEVELS OF EDUCATION HIGHLY QUALIFIED TEACHERS HUMAN RESOURCES INCOME-CONTINGENT INSTRUCTION INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT JOB SEEKERS KINDERGARTENS LABOR FORCE LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION LEARNING LEARNING MATERIALS LEARNING OUTCOMES LEVEL OF EDUCATION LEVELS OF EDUCATION LITERACY MASS EDUCATION MINISTERS OF EDUCATION MINISTRY OF EDUCATION MUNICIPAL SCHOOLS NUMBER OF SCHOOLS NUMBER OF STUDENTS NUMBER OF STUDENTS PER TEACHER NUMBER OF TEACHERS OCCUPATIONS OUTCOMES OF EDUCATION PRE-SCHOOL EDUCATION PRESCHOOL EDUCATION PRESCHOOL TEACHERS PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY LEVEL PRIVATE HIGHER EDUCATION PRIVATE SCHOOLS PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS PUBLIC EDUCATION SPENDING PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC EXPENDITURE ON EDUCATION PUBLIC EXPENDITURES PUBLIC EXPENDITURES ON EDUCATION QUALIFIED TEACHERS QUALITY OF EDUCATION QUALITY TEACHERS RE-TRAINING REGIONAL EDUCATION RURAL AREAS RURAL SCHOOLS SCHOLARSHIPS SCHOOL AUTONOMY SCHOOL BOARDS SCHOOL BUILDINGS SCHOOL CLUSTERS SCHOOL DIRECTORS SCHOOL DOOR SCHOOL EDUCATION SCHOOL FEES SCHOOL NETWORK SCHOOL PERSONNEL SCHOOL YEAR SCHOOL-AGE SCHOOL-AGE POPULATION SCHOOLS SCIENTIFIC DEGREES SECONDARY EDUCATION SERVICE EDUCATION SKILLED WORKERS SMALL SCHOOLS SOCIAL SCIENCE SPEAKING SPECIAL NEEDS SPECIAL SCHOOLS STATE EDUCATIONAL POLICY STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT STUDENT ALLOCATIONS STUDENT ASSESSMENT STUDENT DEMAND STUDENT FEES STUDENT LOANS STUDENTS PER TEACHER TEACHER TEACHER RATIOS TEACHERS TEACHING TEACHING MATERIALS TEACHING POSITIONS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE TEXTBOOKS TUITION UNIVERSAL ACCESS VOCATIONAL EDUCATION VOCATIONAL SCHOOL VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS VOCATIONAL SKILLS YOUTH World Bank Latvia - Public Expenditures Review : Education Sector |
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Europe and Central Asia Latvia |
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This review has three objectives: (i)
assess the education sector outcomes; (ii) evaluate the cost
of the education program and the budget formulation process;
(iii) identify areas to improve the efficiency of public
expenditure on education and make medium-term savings. The
Latvian government has demonstrated a strong commitment to
education. With 7.2 percent of gross domestic product (GDP)
allocated to education in 1999, Latvian spending on
education compares most favorably to Organization for
Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) standards.
Although reforms in the education sector are being
implemented, the sector faces critical challenges. The
education sector has resisted adaptation, in spite of
significant shifts in the enrollment pattern. The number of
preschool teachers and schools only slightly decreased;
while the number of children aged 0 to 6 has been falling.
With fewer children arriving at the school door, it is
becoming harder for the education sector to justify
maintaining small schools, very low student to teacher
ratios and standard teacher's workload of less than 16
hours a week. In the immediate aftermath of its
independence, Latvia returned to a highly decentralized form
of local government. The administration and financing of
general education were assigned to the smallest units of
government, the pagast. In a country with 2.5 million
inhabitants, there are 483 pagasts organized in 26 regions
and 7 metropolitan cities. Out of these pagasts, 40 percent
have less than 1,000 inhabitants, and 46 percent has between
1,000 and 2,000 inhabitants. The Latvian government is a
direct provider of educational services on a large scale. At
the general education level, the government provides 99
percent of education services. In higher education, public
education establishments supply education to 87 percent of
students. In addition to its direct role in the market for
education, the government influences the demand for
educational services through the provision of scholarships,
grants and living allowances, and student loans, and the
regulatory framework it establishes for private and public education. |
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Latvia - Public Expenditures Review : Education Sector |
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Latvia - Public Expenditures Review : Education Sector |
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Latvia - Public Expenditures Review : Education Sector |
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Latvia - Public Expenditures Review : Education Sector |
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Latvia - Public Expenditures Review : Education Sector |
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Washington, DC |
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2013 |
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okr-10986-154532021-04-23T14:03:14Z Latvia - Public Expenditures Review : Education Sector World Bank ACCESS TO EDUCATION ADDITION ADULT LITERACY ADULT LITERACY RATE ADULTS BASIC EDUCATION BENEFITS OF EDUCATION BOARDING BOARDING SCHOOLS BUDGET FOR EDUCATION CHILDREN IN PRESCHOOL CHILDREN WITH DISABILITY CLASS SIZE CLASS SIZES CLUSTER OF SCHOOLS COMMITMENT TO EDUCATION COMPLEXITY COMPULSORY EDUCATION CONTINGENT REPAYMENT COST PER STUDENT CURRICULA CURRICULUM DECENTRALIZATION OF EDUCATION DEGREES EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION EDUCATION BUDGET EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION ESTABLISHMENTS EDUCATION EXPENDITURE EDUCATION EXPENDITURES EDUCATION OUTCOMES EDUCATION PROGRAMS EDUCATION REFORM EDUCATION REFORMS EDUCATION SECTOR EDUCATION SERVICES EDUCATION TEACHERS EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS EDUCATIONAL SERVICES EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM EDUCATORS EMPLOYMENT ENROLLMENT ENROLLMENT RATES EQUITABLE ACCESS EXAM GENERAL EDUCATION GIFTED CHILDREN GRADE LEVELS GRADE SYSTEM GRADE TEACHING HEALTH CARE HIGHER EDUCATION HIGHER EDUCATION ESTABLISHMENTS HIGHER EDUCATION FINANCE HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS HIGHER EDUCATION SPENDING HIGHER EDUCATION STUDENTS HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM HIGHER LEVELS OF EDUCATION HIGHLY QUALIFIED TEACHERS HUMAN RESOURCES INCOME-CONTINGENT INSTRUCTION INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT JOB SEEKERS KINDERGARTENS LABOR FORCE LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION LEARNING LEARNING MATERIALS LEARNING OUTCOMES LEVEL OF EDUCATION LEVELS OF EDUCATION LITERACY MASS EDUCATION MINISTERS OF EDUCATION MINISTRY OF EDUCATION MUNICIPAL SCHOOLS NUMBER OF SCHOOLS NUMBER OF STUDENTS NUMBER OF STUDENTS PER TEACHER NUMBER OF TEACHERS OCCUPATIONS OUTCOMES OF EDUCATION PRE-SCHOOL EDUCATION PRESCHOOL EDUCATION PRESCHOOL TEACHERS PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY LEVEL PRIVATE HIGHER EDUCATION PRIVATE SCHOOLS PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS PUBLIC EDUCATION SPENDING PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC EXPENDITURE ON EDUCATION PUBLIC EXPENDITURES PUBLIC EXPENDITURES ON EDUCATION QUALIFIED TEACHERS QUALITY OF EDUCATION QUALITY TEACHERS RE-TRAINING REGIONAL EDUCATION RURAL AREAS RURAL SCHOOLS SCHOLARSHIPS SCHOOL AUTONOMY SCHOOL BOARDS SCHOOL BUILDINGS SCHOOL CLUSTERS SCHOOL DIRECTORS SCHOOL DOOR SCHOOL EDUCATION SCHOOL FEES SCHOOL NETWORK SCHOOL PERSONNEL SCHOOL YEAR SCHOOL-AGE SCHOOL-AGE POPULATION SCHOOLS SCIENTIFIC DEGREES SECONDARY EDUCATION SERVICE EDUCATION SKILLED WORKERS SMALL SCHOOLS SOCIAL SCIENCE SPEAKING SPECIAL NEEDS SPECIAL SCHOOLS STATE EDUCATIONAL POLICY STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT STUDENT ALLOCATIONS STUDENT ASSESSMENT STUDENT DEMAND STUDENT FEES STUDENT LOANS STUDENTS PER TEACHER TEACHER TEACHER RATIOS TEACHERS TEACHING TEACHING MATERIALS TEACHING POSITIONS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE TEXTBOOKS TUITION UNIVERSAL ACCESS VOCATIONAL EDUCATION VOCATIONAL SCHOOL VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS VOCATIONAL SKILLS YOUTH This review has three objectives: (i) assess the education sector outcomes; (ii) evaluate the cost of the education program and the budget formulation process; (iii) identify areas to improve the efficiency of public expenditure on education and make medium-term savings. The Latvian government has demonstrated a strong commitment to education. With 7.2 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) allocated to education in 1999, Latvian spending on education compares most favorably to Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) standards. Although reforms in the education sector are being implemented, the sector faces critical challenges. The education sector has resisted adaptation, in spite of significant shifts in the enrollment pattern. The number of preschool teachers and schools only slightly decreased; while the number of children aged 0 to 6 has been falling. With fewer children arriving at the school door, it is becoming harder for the education sector to justify maintaining small schools, very low student to teacher ratios and standard teacher's workload of less than 16 hours a week. In the immediate aftermath of its independence, Latvia returned to a highly decentralized form of local government. The administration and financing of general education were assigned to the smallest units of government, the pagast. In a country with 2.5 million inhabitants, there are 483 pagasts organized in 26 regions and 7 metropolitan cities. Out of these pagasts, 40 percent have less than 1,000 inhabitants, and 46 percent has between 1,000 and 2,000 inhabitants. The Latvian government is a direct provider of educational services on a large scale. At the general education level, the government provides 99 percent of education services. In higher education, public education establishments supply education to 87 percent of students. In addition to its direct role in the market for education, the government influences the demand for educational services through the provision of scholarships, grants and living allowances, and student loans, and the regulatory framework it establishes for private and public education. 2013-08-28T20:23:51Z 2013-08-28T20:23:51Z 2001-01-29 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/01/16791666/latvia-public-expenditures-review-education-sector http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15453 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Public Expenditure Review Economic & Sector Work Europe and Central Asia Latvia |