This is how Togo plans to spend CFA150 billion in its education system in 2022

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Saturday, 05 February 2022 13:39

This is how Togo plans to spend CFA150 billion in its education system in 2022

(Togo First) - Togo’s government plans to pump around CFA150 billion into its education system this year. The figure was set in the 2022 Finance Act.

The amount is almost the same as that set in 2021 (CFA154 billion) before it was scaled down (to CFA137 billion) by the rectifying bill adopted at the end of the year. Most of the funds will be shared among the four departments of the ministry of education.

In detail, preschool education, which is the least financed segment of the Togolese education system, will get, along with primary education, a budget of CFA85 billion this year.

The issue of preschool education is important because it is the education segment in which we invest the least.

In #Togo, although education takes up about 25% of the national budget, the share we devote to it is low. pic.twitter.com/7fivmOvN8U

—Faure E. Gnassingbé (@FEGnassingbe) July 29, 2021

Secondary education will receive CFA44 billion, while technical and vocational education is to get CFA9 billion. As for the handicraft sector, to which a delegated ministry has been dedicated in the government, CFA711 million was set aside for it.

Thinking of Tomorrow’s Education

In the past 15 years, the budget allocated to education in Togo has increased sevenfold. More importantly, a wave of modernization projects washed over the sector over the last 15 months. They were aimed at improving the access to education, its quality, as well as governance and management in the sector.

The projects were launched to support key players and populations, provide equipment, supply resources to staff, and also recruit and train teachers.

The most recent is the construction of 30,000 classrooms all over the country. It is set to be completed in 2025.

“What matters is thinking about the state of education in 2030, 2040, and 2050, set some order in what is being taught and the ambitions of public authorities for future generations,” said the minister of education, Dodzi Kokoroko, last month.

While “improving the education system remains at the heart of the political agenda,” the government plans to focus on “governance, digitalization, and pedagogy” next.

According to the latest data available, the schooling rate in Togo currently exceeds 94%, while completion rates in primary and secondary schools stand at 89% and 51%, respectively.

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