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Comprehensive Costing and Finance Strategies for Preschool Education System in Georgia Eric Livny Maka Chitanava Nino Doghonadze 27.09.2013. Unit Costs ( per child per year, GEL ).
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Comprehensive Costing and Finance Strategies for Preschool Education System in Georgia Eric Livny MakaChitanava Nino Doghonadze 27.09.2013
Unit Costs (per child per year, GEL) Note: unit costs are calculated based on the methodology proposed by Jan Van Ravens (2008), For further details see “Comprehensive Costing and Finance Strategies for Early Learning System in Georgia”, ISET Policy Institute, 2012.
Assumptions for calculating total costs: • Total costs are calculated for the preschool age (3 to 5 year-old children) cohort in 2013; • Enrolment in private Kindergartens and 5 agers enrollment in private schools as well as share of preschool age children residing in Tbilisi are indicated to 2011 levels to 4%, 43% and 26% respectively; • Each scenario assumes 100% enrollment of preschool age children.
Problems with calculated costs • Does not include the transitional costs e.g. building new Kindergartens, personnel attraction and preparation; • It is difficult to predict the demand; • It is difficult to predict the supplyespecially when we do not know if existing kindergartens will satisfy new standards, as set by new amendments to the law; • Calculated costs are as realistic as underlying assumptions.