An investigation into the effects of fiscal policy on the quality of primary and secondary education in Khomas region government schools
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2019
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University of Namibia
Abstract
The adoption of Sustainable Developmental Goals, culminated in the adoption of
radical measures to increase enrolment, survival rates and minimising dropout rates
for both primary and secondary primary education. The rise in educational demands
is associated with increase in government expenditure. However, government either
adopts contractionary or expansionary fiscal measures to stimulate growth in the
economy. The extent to which fiscal policy changes impacts the quality of education
(enrolment rates, dropout rates, pass rates and survival rates) was investigated in this
study. The study investigated the nature and magnitude of the relationship between
government spending, (as measured by yearly expenditure on operational, capital
projects and teachers' deployment expenses) and the quality of education in Khomas
Region public schools. The study adopted a correlational research design to test the
strength of the relationship between quality of education and government spending.
Data was collected through questionnaires and also obtained from empirical
secondary data sources. An OLS regression model was used to test the relationship
between government spending and education quality using the SPSS. The research
found out there is a strong positive correlation between government expenditure and
the quality of education. It was found that any one unit increase in the government
expenditure has a corresponding increase in the quality of education. The study
concluded that government should increase per capita educational expenditure to
maintain a high quality of education because fiscal policy significantly affects the
quality of education
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A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Business Administration Finance
Keywords
Sustainable Developmental Goals, Fiscal policy, Khomas region government schools, Primary and secondary education, Namibia, University of Namibia