Capital expenditure on education

Definition

Expenditure entailed by construction, equipment, maintenance of school buildings and other resources that last for more than one year.

Source :

Sauvageot, C. 1997. Indicators for Educational Planning: A Practical Guide. Paris: UNESCO-IIEP.

Example of use

Increasing education quality is a central aspect of the new agenda. This costing makes several provisions so that the quality of instruction meets minimum standards to ultimately achieve the desired learning outcomes: a ceiling for pupil/ teacher and pupil/classroom ratios; adequate maintenance of classrooms; competitive teacher salaries to support the recruitment of talented and motivated teachers; and sufficient non-salary expenditure for learning materials and administrative support (UNESCO, 2015: 295).