MPs reject Senegal’s 2027 education budget
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Senego
Senegalese MPs rejected the 2027 budget of the Ministry of National Education, set at 980,813,105,069 CFA francs in payment appropriations. The allocation is down 1% from 2026, according to Senego, after debates by the expanded Finance Committee.
Members of the Finance and Budgetary Control Committee of Senegal’s National Assembly, expanded to include the Education, Youth, Sports and Leisure Committee, rejected the draft 2027 budget of the Ministry of National Education by a majority of votes on Wednesday 11 November, according to Senego. Minister of National Education Moustapha Mamba Guirassy was defending the text before parliamentarians.
The draft provided for 980,813,105,069 CFA francs in payment appropriations and 1,054,459,900,879 CFA francs in commitment authorisations. Payment appropriations are 9,937,675,206 CFA francs lower than the 2026 allocation, a 1% decrease. MPs notably called for greater involvement of teachers, a law on the school map and a framework for dialogue between the ministry and local authorities, according to Senego.
Parliamentarians also criticised a lack of budgetary transparency and inconsistencies between the initial finance law and the amending finance law, the National Assembly reported. The rejection follows that of the 2027 foreign affairs budget, announced on 10 November, and the 2027 fisheries budget on 11 November.
