This indicator measures whether the State prioritises the funding of public education, and only funds eligible private educational institutions when substantive, procedural and operational requirements are met.
Since ECCE policies and programmes aim to attain holistic child development, covering aspects related to a child’s health, nutrition, development, education, hygiene and protection, ECCE governance should encompass multisectoral coordination and integrated services. This requires the involvement of different government ministries in decision making, planning and execution. This indicator assesses whether the ECCE system is implemented through multisectoral coordination.
General government expenditure on education (current, capital, and transfers) is expressed as a percentage of GDP. It includes expenditure funded by transfers from international sources to government. General government usually refers to local, regional and central governments (Source: UIS).
Key public financial documents include national and regional budgets, periodic reports on execution of the budgets, reports on distribution of resources by province or department