Abstract:
The purpo e of this study was to assess the practices, problems alld prospects of budgeting
educational capital project in Amhara Regio//. j 2 woredas il1 -I zones of Amhara Region was
incorporated in the study. To relate the .J7ndil1gs with reality. adequate literature has been
reviewed
The research methodology employed wa descriptive survey. a total of 1-13 respondents
from woreda Education offices and Finance Officers were used as data source. Questionnaires,
interviews, alld documents were used to collect the necessmy ill/ormatio//. Results obtained were
analyzed by using cOllnts, percentages and spearman's rank order correlation coefficiellt.
The results of the analysis indicated that the share of education in capital budget allocation
in the region is satisfactory; the sources of budget for capital projects ill education are government
budget. foreign aid, and foreign loan. In Amhara regioll the allocated budge! i. 110t /ully ufilized
Even though the Gross Enrollment Ratio in primaly Education has il1creased from year to year the
participation of the region is still below the national average. It was also found that the majority of
personnel involved ;'7 educational projects lack professional competence. Finally, based on the
findings, commendable recommendations were forwarded which the researcher has assumed
val1lable