Angela Cutasevici: School managers no longer complain about lack of money but plan more efficiently how to spend it. “My School” taught them to manage budgets properly

Cutasevici said budget analysis shows schools in the project carry no financial balances over from year to year, whereas in other schools there are budget deficits and unused balances. She argued that many problems in education stem from poor management, so projects like “My School” will be needed for a long time.

The ministry asked to extend the project to vocational technical education, which moves to financial self-management from 1 January 2019, and wants to use public hearings and the school record card there. It also proposed that ANACEC use the card in managers’ annual reports. She called public hearings a democratic form of consultation and noted some schools stopped collecting money through parents’ associations. Her message to the 100 schools: keep applying the tools and share the experience. The project was implemented by the Independent Think Tank “Expert-Grup” with World Bank funding.