Budget 2015' provisions for the Education sector

Education is one of the strategic areas of development where Government will focus its attention this year. Therefore, reforms initiated in ensuring a more efficient resource management in Education will also continue in 2015. The reform prospects are also included in the medium- and long-term sectorial strategies.

Here is some general information on the Education sector in Moldova in 2015:

• There are 3,914 educational institutions: of which 150 financed from the State Budget and the rest from local budgets;
• There are 618 thousand children, pupils and students;
• The sector includes 109,7 thousand personnel units, of which 50,735 teachers/educators;
• Average salary per personnel unit: 3,102.4 MDL ($170) and 4.550 MDL ($249) for teachers/educators;
• Total approved expenses in Education – 8.56 billion MDL ($468 million), or 7.2% of GDP.  

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