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Education is at the heart of the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and essential for the success of all Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Hence, the national government has zero option but to fully and promptly finance the sector. The State must recognise the significance of education and refrain from lumping this important sector with other fields when it comes to allocation in the budget.
Inadequate and delayed financing of school budgets is a touchy issue that has been discussed at various levels over and over, but with no tangible policies to guide disbursement of funds being reached - the reason the challenge of financing Free Primary Education (FPE) and Free Day Secondary Education (FDSE) recurs. Schools are in dire situations because the funds they were allocated by the government are either insufficient to sustain their operations or these institutions were never allocated funds at all.
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