Cost Sharing in Zambia's Public Universities: Prospects and Challenges

Autor/inn/en	Masaiti, Gift; Shen, Hong
Titel	Cost Sharing in Zambia's Public Universities: Prospects and Challenges
Quelle	In: European Journal of Educational Research, 2 (2013) 1, (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2165-8714
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Costs; State Universities; Governance; Democracy; Taxes; Educational Policy; Student Attitudes; Accountability; Cost Effectiveness; Shared Resources and Services; Questionnaires; Sampling; Statistical Analysis; Factor Analysis; Models; Organizational Effectiveness; Sustainability; Gender Differences; Zambia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Cost; Kosten; Staatliche Universität; Education; Educational policy; Financing; Steuerung; Bildung; Erziehung; Bildungspolitik; Finanzierung; Demokratie; Abgabe; Politics of education; Schülerverhalten; Verantwortung; Kosten-Nutzen-Analyse; Kosten-Nutzen-Denken; Gemeinwirtschaft; Fragebogen; Statistische Analyse; Faktorenanalyse; Analogiemodell; Unternehmenserfolg; Nachhaltigkeit; Geschlechterkonflikt; Sambia
Abstract	This research paper explores the concept of "cost sharing" which became more prominent in Zambia education with the advent of democratic form of governance in 1991. As a way of responding to the ever diminishing tax revenues, government through the education policy of 1996, allowed higher education institutions including public universities to introduce cost sharing as way of improving financial vibrancy, accountability and cost effectiveness. This paper therefore, uses students' perceptions to examine the cost sharing policy which has now been existence for almost two decades. More specifically, it explores underlying factors which can make cost sharing more effective and sustainable. Recent studies show that the impact of the cost sharing has been modest, though still remains one viable and cost effective way of financing public universities. In exploring these prospects and challenges, a self administered questionnaire based on convenient sampling was used to collect data from 729 respondents in Zambia's three biggest public universities. Data was subjected to Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and Exploratory Fac tor Analyses. The findings revealed that the current cost sharing policy was appropriate but lacked the government support in its implementation. The study further highlighted the need for re-engineering the current policy by providing details on the implementation process. The study highly recommends that a true cost-sharing model be implemented in an effort towards making public universities more effective and sustainable. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01