The Costs and Financing of Teacher Education in Malawi (CIE, 2000, 57 p.): 5. Internal Efficiency of the Colleges: 5.2 Costs Per Student Derived from Budget Estimates in Four Colleges

The Costs and Financing of Teacher Education in Malawi (CIE, 2000, 57 p.)

5. Internal Efficiency of the Colleges

		(introduction...)
		5.1 Utilisation of Space
		5.2 Costs Per Student Derived from Budget Estimates in Four Colleges

5.2 Costs Per Student Derived from Budget Estimates in Four Colleges

Unit costs for Colleges of Education can be estimated from the budget estimates and the training capacity that is used. A first estimate of this for 1998/9 is provided below.

Table 13: Costs per Student in Four Colleges - Budget Estimates 1998/9

	Karonga	Kasungu	Lilongwe	Blantyre
Enrolment 98	1001	1602	1575	1502
Salary Related
Salaries	1195	1073	1220	1213
Non Established Staff	131	156	111	111
Professional Allowances	0	0	86	0
Housing allowance	185	50	127	16
Non Salary
Boarding	2566	1160	1313	1988
Consumable stores	224	127	156	144
Maintenance of Buildings	226	298	142	94
Maintenance of Motor Vehicles	236	84	175	186
Learning material and stationery	154	37	103	97
Internal Training	291	91	67	46
Leave and allowances	45	38	37	64
Travel and subsistence	399	135	160	302
Telephone and postage	124	99	48	77
Heating and Lighting	128	97	111	60
Water	154	17	130	88
Total	7059	5064	5561	5988

⁴ These estimates do not necessarily reflect actual expenditure - see text.
⁵ The budgets of the two private Colleges are not included in the national budget accounts.

These costs per student are based on the enrolments of three cohorts of MIITEP in 1998/99 and on budgeted not actual expenditure. Since the salaries include those of teachers in the demonstration schools the estimates are higher than they would otherwise be but are nevertheless a guide. Differences in staff-student ratio will be part of the reason why salary costs vary. Costs will also vary depending on the area where Colleges are located and the range of facilities that they have to support. It is evident there are some wide differences between the Colleges in allocations to some budget heads which are not readily explicable. A detailed auditing would be needed to establish if these differences are defensible.