BUDGET OF THE MINISTRY OF NATIONAL EDUCATION

EXPENDITURES IN THE LAST TWO YEARS USING THE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
FROM THE LAW NO 3418

RESOURCE: MNE Research, Planning and Coordination Board

RESOURCE: MNE Research, Planning and Coordination Board

2. HIGHER EDUCATION COUNCIL BUDGET ALLOCATIONS

RESOURCE: MNE Research, Planning and Coordination Board

RESOURCE: MNE Research, Planning and Coordination Board

RESOURCE: MNE Research, Planning and Coordination Board

RESOURCE: MNE Research, Planning and Coordination Board

RESOURCE: MNE Research, Planning and Coordination Board

3. YURT-KUR BUDGET ALLOCATIONS

RESOURCE: MNE Research, Planning and Coordination Board

4. EDUCATION INDICATORS OF OECD COUNTRIES

The size of youth population influences both the renewal of labor quality and the amount of resources and organizational efforts a country has to invest in education. A country with a high adult population should spare more of its national income for the education and training of its population. On the other hand, countries having less adult population are in a dilemma of long-term vs. short-term investments: a larger investment is needed to reproduce well-educated labor that can be retained longer in the business community.
A glance at the population distribution of the OECD countries reveals that in Ireland, Korea, Mexico and Turkey the percent of population between 5-29 within the whole population is above 40. The relative magnitude of the 5-14 age group is only 10% in Italy, Spain and Japan. On the other hand, Mexico and Turkey are the countries with the largest youth population, 23 and 21% respectively.
But Mexico and Turkey are also the two countries that reserve the least resources for education. *
The projections that determine the relative size of the school age population help to estimate the changes in the number of students and the amount of required resources. Based on the year 2000, (2000=100) the change expected in the next decade is that in many of the OECD countries the 5-14 age group will remain constant. The Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic are the two countries that shall have the most dramatic decrease in the next decade (24% or over). In Turkey, however, although a fall is experienced from 1995 to 2000, in the next decade the 5-14 age population is expected to increase a further 8%.
*OECD, Education At a Glance, Paris, 2001

PERCENTAGE OF 5-14 AGE GROUP IN THE POPULATION (1999)

EXPECTED CHANGE IN THE PERCENTAGE OF 5-14 AGE GROUP
IN THE POPULATION (2000=100)

*OECD, Education At a Glance, Paris, 2001

A comparison of the OECD countries in terms of 15-19 age group reveals that the lowest percentage of this group is in Denmark and Italy. The highest percentage, 11%, is in Mexico and Turkey. Although Denmark presently has the lowest percentage, in the next decade the highest increase in the15-19 age group is expected in that country. The biggest fall shall be experienced in Poland and Ireland. In Turkey, while the percentage of 15-19 age group in the whole population was constant between 1995-2000, a fall of 8% is expected until 2010.

The amount of national resources allocated for education depends on interrelated supply and demand factors. One of them is the national income, besides others, such as demographical structure of population, enrolment rates, etc.

In 1998 all OECD countries receive a certain share from the national resources for education. Considering all levels of education, the OECD countries allocate an average of 5.7% for education from the GDP. This percent is 3.71 for the primary, secondary and post-secondary - non tertiary education levels. Austria, France, Sweden and Norway allocate more than 4% of the GDP for education. In Turkey this percentage is 2.33.

Education expenditures may be grouped into two, as current and investment expenditures. Some significant differences exist among the countries in terms of percentages of current and investment expenditures. The data range of current expenditures for primary, secondary, post secondary - non tertiary education levels is 83 and 84% in Korea and Turkey, where it changes up to 97 and 98% in Canada and Belgium. Also, looking at the distribution of current expenditures, we see that the largest share is personnel compensations. Mexico (91%), Portugal (94%) and Turkey (96%) are the countries that spend the largest amount for personnel compensations among other current expenditures.

PERCENTAGE OF THE 15-19 AGE GROUP IN THE POPULATION (1999)

EXPECTED CHANGE IN THE PERCENTAGE OF 15-19 AGE GROUP
IN THE POPULATION (2000=100)

*OECD, Education At a Glance, Paris, 2001

NB: The post-secondary - non tertiary education level does not exist in 12 of the 30 OECD countries, namely the Czech Republic, Greece, Iceland, Japan, Korea, Luxembourg, Mexico, Holland, Poland, Portugal, Sweden, Turkey.

SHARE OF EXPENDITURES FOR EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS
WITHIN GDP (1998)

*Not including the public and private support provided for the household.
Note: The expenditures are those made for primary and secondary education. Expenditures are also included for those countries where a post-secondary and non tertiary education level exists (excluding the USA).
*OECD, Education At a Glance, Paris, 2001

DISTRIBUTION OF CURRENT AND CAPITAL EXPENDITURES (1998)

*Expenditures of public institutions only
**Expenditures of public and Government-dependent private institutions only
*OECD, Education At a Glance, Paris, 2001

DISTRIBUTION OF CURRENT EXPENDITURES
(1998)

*Expenditures of public institutions only
**Expenditures of public and Government-dependent private institutions only

*OECD, Education At a Glance, Paris, 2001

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