Education Ministry to request huge budget hike
By Supinda Na Mahachai
The Nation
Published on January 27, 2011
The Education Ministry will ask for more than Bt550 billion for its annual budget in 2012, more than 40 per cent up on this fiscal year's budget
After the Cabinet set next year's annual budget at Bt2.2 trillion, Education Minister Chinnaworn Boonyakiat said yesterday that his ministry would ask for Bt551,015 million.
The ministry will also ask for Bt4.1 billion in "related funds". This money will go into the Teacher and Educational Personnel Development Fund, the Technology for Education Fund and the establishment of the Chulabhon Rajawittayalai School network of regional science schools. The funds will also support the ongoing Riandee 15 Pi ("Study Well for 15 Years) project, which provides textbooks to schoolchildren.
"The Education Ministry has five main agencies and this year the budget was already almost Bt400 billion," said Chinnaworn. "I want the main agencies to work with the Budget Bureau on setting the budget, the budget spending procedure and assessing the effectiveness of budget spending."
Chinnaworn said that in the past the Education Ministry had handled a rather large budget of Bt400 billion to Bt500 billion. Most of the funds went on regular expenditure including teachers' salaries and allowances while the money for investment was less than 20 per cent.
The minister said he wanted the public to be confident the ministry would use the money to improve the quality of education with transparency and good governance.
The 5 Ws
1. Who was involved in the news?
Education Minister Chinnaworn Boonyakiat
2. What happened?
The Education Ministry will ask for more than Bt550 billion for its annual budget in 2012, more than 40 per cent up on this fiscal year's budget.
3. When did it happen?
In 2012 year's annual budget
In 2012 year's annual budget
4. Where did it happen?
At the Government House
5. Why did it happen?
The minister wanted the public to be confident the ministry would use the money to improve the quality of education with transparency and good governance.
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