Ministry of Education, Science, and Technology of the Republic of Kosovo (MEST) has today signed agreements with ten municipalities in Republic of Kosovo for financial reform of schools, sponsored by MEST, assisted by the Institutional Development of Education and funded by the World Bank Office in Prishtina.
Under these agreements, schools in Prishtina, Prizren, Peja, Gjakova, Ferizaj, Mitrovica, Theranda, Kline, and Shtime, will have financial autonomy from the start of the new fiscal year, January 2010. This way, schools will gain full autonomy in making decisions on spending public money, train for budget management, and have direct management by the government regarding budgets allocated to education through specific grants. While, amongst others, schools will benefit from school development grants from the Institutional Development of Education Project.
Minister of Education, Enver Hoxhaj, thanked the Minostry of Economy and Finance, the World Bank, and other institutions, for the funding and project support, saying that the financial autonomy of schools will have budget and finance management, which will further strengthen the role of the schools. "Financial autonomy of the schools is a new approach that aims to enable each school to complete independence in managinf budgets distributed by the municipalities. In addition, financial autonomy helps to accelerate the procedures for purchasing goods and delivering services," explained Minister Hoxhaj. He continued to say that, "With this, our schools will change in content, form, and school management. Schools of the Republic of Kosovo, with the new curriculum, will be integrated, which will ensure better conditions for students and at work for teachers, and at the same time have greater accounts or scores of schools, particularly the school director of the community, the community, and MAST."
Ranjit Nayak, World Bank Representative in Kosovo, at the Europe and Central Asia Vice-Presidency of the World Bank, said that this international financial institution will continue to support the education sector in Kosovo. "Working with you, it has become very clear that school principals, school teachers, and students themselves, are those who know best their needs, " he said. Nayak pointed out that, for the first time, Kosovo has started a process where full responsibility of financial management was given to schools. " This means that the needs are defined at school levels, and they will have an opportunity to better manage their funds and make better use of their public funds, " said Nayak.
Alush Istogu, Director of the Department of Administration for pre-university education, unveiled details of the project. He said that financial autonomy also benefits municipalities, which among other managers can sucessfuly identify and stimulate in different ways.
After sucessful results coming from pilotage of independent school funding in municipalities of Gjilan, Istog, and Kaçanik during this fiscal year, this is the second phase of the transfer of financial responsibility to schools in ten nunicipalities. This reform is expected to take place in all municipalities of Republic of Kosovo in 2011.
Under these agreements, schools in Prishtina, Prizren, Peja, Gjakova, Ferizaj, Mitrovica, Theranda, Kline, and Shtime, will have financial autonomy from the start of the new fiscal year, January 2010. This way, schools will gain full autonomy in making decisions on spending public money, train for budget management, and have direct management by the government regarding budgets allocated to education through specific grants. While, amongst others, schools will benefit from school development grants from the Institutional Development of Education Project.
Minister of Education, Enver Hoxhaj, thanked the Minostry of Economy and Finance, the World Bank, and other institutions, for the funding and project support, saying that the financial autonomy of schools will have budget and finance management, which will further strengthen the role of the schools. "Financial autonomy of the schools is a new approach that aims to enable each school to complete independence in managinf budgets distributed by the municipalities. In addition, financial autonomy helps to accelerate the procedures for purchasing goods and delivering services," explained Minister Hoxhaj. He continued to say that, "With this, our schools will change in content, form, and school management. Schools of the Republic of Kosovo, with the new curriculum, will be integrated, which will ensure better conditions for students and at work for teachers, and at the same time have greater accounts or scores of schools, particularly the school director of the community, the community, and MAST."
Ranjit Nayak, World Bank Representative in Kosovo, at the Europe and Central Asia Vice-Presidency of the World Bank, said that this international financial institution will continue to support the education sector in Kosovo. "Working with you, it has become very clear that school principals, school teachers, and students themselves, are those who know best their needs, " he said. Nayak pointed out that, for the first time, Kosovo has started a process where full responsibility of financial management was given to schools. " This means that the needs are defined at school levels, and they will have an opportunity to better manage their funds and make better use of their public funds, " said Nayak.
Alush Istogu, Director of the Department of Administration for pre-university education, unveiled details of the project. He said that financial autonomy also benefits municipalities, which among other managers can sucessfuly identify and stimulate in different ways.
After sucessful results coming from pilotage of independent school funding in municipalities of Gjilan, Istog, and Kaçanik during this fiscal year, this is the second phase of the transfer of financial responsibility to schools in ten nunicipalities. This reform is expected to take place in all municipalities of Republic of Kosovo in 2011.
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