Factors That Affect the Allocation and Utilization of Educational Project Budget in Benishangul Gumuz regional State
| dc.contributor.advisor | Shibeshi, Ayalew (Associate Professor) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Eshete, Tefera | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-01-17T11:09:41Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-10T14:46:10Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-01-17T11:09:41Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-10T14:46:10Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2007-06 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This study attempted to identifY factors that affected education projects budget allocation and utilization in Benishangul-Gumuz region in the past five years (2001/02 - 2005/06). It also tried to identifY major problems that caused poor utilization of education projects budget and suggest possible solutions that may help to alleviate the constraints. The instruments used to undertake the study were questionnaire, interview and focus group discussion. 228 participants were used to collect data through questionnaire, interviewandfocus group discussion. A total of 165 copies of questionnaire were dispatched to 85 education experts found in REB, ZED and WEOs and to 80 finance and economic development experts found in BOFED, ZFEDD and WFEDOs. Out of the total copies of the questionnaire distributed, 75 copies from education experts and 64 Fom finance and economic development experts were properly filled in and returned. The interview covered 29 officials from REB, BOFED, ZED, ZFEDD, WEOs and WFEDo. Thefocus group discussion covered 60 community representatives from 6 woredas. In addition to these primary sources, books, education statistical abstracts, official reports and proclamations were used as secondary sources of data. As far as major findings of the study are concerned, community participation in financing education projects was very low; managerial and staff capability in education projects budget management was low and greatly affected the proper utilization of projects budget; coordination among education projects implementing bodies was found to be very weak, and education projects budget allocated so far helped to increase access to education and hence supported the achievements of the goals and objectives stated in the educational programmes. Another finding is that major factors that contributed to the poor utilization of education projects budget were: lack of sufficient monitoring and supervision, managerial and staff incapabilities, delays in budget disbursement, late commencement of projects, weak coordination among implementing bodies, and protracted civil works and material procurement processes. With respect to allocation criteria, the finding revealed that the decisive factors to budget allocation, i.e., the capacity of personnel in woredas and need assessment of the beneficiaries were mostly disregarded during budget allocation to woredas. The summary section provides the details of the above findings of the study. The main conclusions derived were poor utilization of education projects budget was the common problem in the sector and budget allocation did not take into account the most essential criteria of the assessment of the capacity of manpower and the needs of the community in woredas. Finally, the last section of the study deals with a few recommendations that are sought to be practical in solving pro.blems identified in the study. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/12345678/15860 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | en_US |
| dc.subject | Utilization of Educational Project Budget | en_US |
| dc.title | Factors That Affect the Allocation and Utilization of Educational Project Budget in Benishangul Gumuz regional State | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |