Analysis of Role of Official Development Assistances (ODA) in Education Sector of Sri Lanka

Abstract

ABSTRACT

During the last fifty years, the Sri Lankan education system improved using a huge amount of Official Development Assistance (ODA). Such as, expansion of school networks, improvement of quality of the education, establishment of vocational training institutions, etc. The main purpose of this study is to analyze the role of education sector ODA in Sri Lanka. According to the OECD data, Sri Lanka annually receives a big amount of ODA and significant amounts of ODA has been used for education development. This study will use to analyze education ODA under education subsectors, such as Basic education, Secondary education and Post-secondary education. Secondly, using data will compare education sector ODA disbursement between Sri Lanka and other South Asian countries such as, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Maldives and Pakistan. Thirdly, will compare between government expenditure and ODA on education sector in Sri Lanka. In finally, using this study will identify new key strategic areas in education sector for improvement through the effective use of Official Development Assistance in future Sri Lanka.

Keywords: Official Development Assistance (ODA), Education Sector Aid, Aid Allocation, Bilateral aid, multilateral aid