Budget Brief: Education Sector - Sri Lanka 2019

Abstract

This brief, on Sri Lanka’s education sector budget and expenditure, informs readers of trends in spending on these services in recent years. The analysis includes underlying policy goals and the functional and regional distribution of budget allocations. The main objective of the brief is to function as an informative piece on the education sector budget. As such, the brief summarizes budget information in a manner that would be easily understood by different stakeholders, including civil society and the broader population, who may lack technical knowledge on the subject.