Spending for education
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The communist regime in 1989 used to spend 4% of the Gross Domestic
Product on education. Although poor and economically ruined, Albania on
that time paid to education the same level of attention as the western
rich economies.
But after the system collapsed, the school levels never returned to what they were before the ‘90s. In 2005, after eight years in power, the Socialist government was spending 3.1% of the Gross Domestic Product on schools.
Democrats promised to take it to 5%, but the promise was never kept and the Ministry of Finances showed that last year spending on education was 3.27% of the Gross Domestic Product, leaving Albania the penultimate country on the list as regards to school.
International reports say that Albania has a high need for finances in education.
In 2008, the Piza tests showed that 57% of the Albanian students were functional illiterates, people who can read but not understand what is being written. Only three countries have a worse record than this: Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan and Kirgistan.
Numbers show that education in Albania has been managed badly for two decades, and the danger to remain on the same level is high. Crisis has shrank the financial sources while spending for social protection and the debt interests are growing each year, leaving fewer space to support other sectors. Education is considered a priority in every country of the world. Economists say that together with the health system, these sectors establish the economic development of a country in the future, and the citizens’ welfare.
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