Serbia Education Sector Preliminary Findings of
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Description: Serbia Education Sector Preliminary Findings of the Functional Review and Options for Reforms Belgrade March 31 2016 Section 1Context Skills are a critical foundation for jobs Cognitive Socioemotional skills Economic development
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Serbia Education Sector Preliminary Findings of the Functional Review and Options for Reforms Belgrade, March 31, 2016 Section 1—Context Skills are a critical foundation for jobs Cognitive & Socio-emotional skills Economic development increases demand for occupations with higher-level skills. Cognitive skills: Serbia’s Performance in PISA Percent Source: OECD, PISA 2006, 2009, and 2012 Share of students performing below Level 2 and at Level 5+ in Math Low performers Top performers Poland’s Performance in PISA Source: OECD, PISA 2003, 2006, 2009, and 2012 The Serbian education system is inequitable… Source: OECD, PISA 2006, 2009, and 2012 ≈ 1 year of schooling* Early Childhood Education and Care Project Source: OECD, PISA 2006, 2009, and 2012 Focus on increasing access, quality, equity Access to preschool (currently 50%)—Involves the expansion of the kindergarten network and (potentially) retrofitting primary schools to also accommodate preschool services. The project particularly focuses on children from socially disadvantaged backgrounds. Section 2—Functional Review Serbia Spending on Education Education responsibilities vary by level of government Local Governments—spend 15 to 20% of their budget on education Preschool costs—Under 10% of local government’s spending (Copayment of 20% from parents). Maintenance cost of school facilities and utility bills (heating, lighting, and the like)—Between 4 to 6% (World Bank, 2013). Ministry of Education Basic and Higher Education Teacher salaries Curriculum development Objective of the Functional Review Explore space for efficiencies in the service delivery of the (pre-university) education (sub)sector. Phase I—Situation analysis of staffing Phase II—Ongoing Wage-bill analysis Job analysis School network analysis (kindergartens, primary, and secondary schools) More than 90% of the (MoESTD) budget goes to salaries…. Source: The majority of the budget goes to teachers… followed by manual workers Distribution of staff in lower secondary education (%) Other Staff School Mgmt Personnel Personnel for pedagogical support School Admin Personnel Teachers Percent Source: TALIS, 2013. Situation Analysis in Broad Terms Large number of (small) education facilities in the national school system Large national instructional workload: proliferation of types of programs (TVET profiles, currently 278) and elective subjects. Large number of norms that: May be either too generous/inefficient Do not reflect the actual workload Student population declines, but schools remain Source: Authors’ calculations based on data from the Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia. Declining enrolment leads to declines in school sizes and other key indicators Source: Authors’ calculations based on data from the Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia. Large number of