Madagascar’s 2027 budget gives more resources to education
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on L'Express de Madagascar
Madagascar’s draft 2027 finance bill provides increased support for education, as part of priorities given to basic needs and sectors contributing to economic development. The bill must still be submitted to the National Assembly, according to L’Express de Madagascar.
Madagascar’s Ministry of National Education is to receive 2,417,542,257,000 ariary in 2027, putting it second among the government departments receiving the largest allocations, behind the Ministry of Economy and Finance. The amount is 300 billion ariary higher than in the latest supplementary finance bill, according to the draft 2027 finance bill presented by L’Express de Madagascar.
The increase is notably intended to finance the recruitment of around 9,000 Fram teachers across Madagascar. It also covers teacher training linked to the school curriculum reform project and the strengthening of measures aimed at bringing pupils back to school, according to the draft 2027 finance bill.
The draft budget also provides resources for several sectors considered priorities by the government. The 2027 budget had already been presented as giving significant importance to water, energy and agriculture among Madagascar’s budget priorities.
