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TASK FORCE RECOMMENDATIONS ON MoEY MODERNISATION

  Accountability for Performance at all Levels

•  Design and implement a Performance-Based Management System, to     include rewards and sanctions, for all staff in MoEY, Support     Institutions and public schools.
•  Develop strategic plans for the Ministry, support institutions and all     learning institutions, to include clearly defined objectives, measures     and targets, as well as strategies and actions required to achieve the     targets.
•  Implement monitoring and reporting systems at the Ministry, support     institutions and schools to focus on achievement of targets.
•  Implement a comprehensive Management Information System to     collect, collate and analyze information.
•  Publish information on a timely basis at the school, community and     national levels.
•  Conduct an annual National Taxpayer Satisfaction Survey to get     feedback from the citizens on the overall performance of the education     system.
•  Conduct annual parent and community satisfaction surveys to get     feedback on the performance of individual

Financial Accountability

•  Deploy a uniform electronic accounting and reporting system to all     schools to capture the financial data relating to their income and     expenditure, and management of assets and liabilities.
•  Develop specific procedures to ensure that the accounting functions are     undertaken within the shortest possible time.
•  Implement and support effective sanctions (such as the withholding of     salaries of responsible officers) to ensure compliance with the required     reporting standards.
•  Redefine the role of the bursar in schools, as the breadth of their     present responsibilities does not enable them to devote the required     level of attention to the accounting function.

Education Financing

•  The improved systems of accountability discussed under Accountability     for Performance at all levels are critical pre-requisites for the ability of     the system to absorb and provide the anticipated returns on the levels     of increased investment in education that is required. It is  therefore     recommended that:
•  Government re-evaluate the level of resources that it will commit to the     education system, since it is clear that previous notions of what is     required will not achieve the desired objectives outlined herein.
•  Government examine ways of increasing private and institutional     participation in providing  educational services.
•  The allocation of resources should be demand driven rather than by     reference to employment levels in schools.
•  A detailed analysis be conducted on the model of funding students     instead of institutions in order to determine, inter alia, mechanisms for     disbursement and the amount of funds per student at the various     levels of the education system.
•  Undertake further study to determine feasible sources of funds to meet     the increased requirements of the Education System. This will include     but not limited to the following:
•  Retain the cost sharing scheme and consider the efficacy of increasing    School Fees
•  Education Debenture
•  Private Investment in Education
•  Multi-lateral loan and grant funds