THE GAMBIA: Teacher Salaries and Per-Student Spending by Level of Education, Base Year and 2020 Lower secondary
Primary
General
Teacher salaries in multiples of per capita 2001 2020
“Generous”
TVET
6.5
6.5
3.0/3.2b
4.6
5.9
4.2
“Generous” “Spartan”
TVET
Humanities & social sciences
Sciences
Professional
All
5.1
Level of per-student spending in % of per capita
2020
General
Higher education
School-towork transition program
GDPa
4.5
“Spartan”
2001
Upper secondary
School-towork transition program
GDPa
16
26
140
110
47
160
33
284
324
431
327
13/14b
36
90
50
55
140
100
151
242
291
200
18
90
50
29
140
100
151
242
291
200
Note: Rate of real growth of per capita GDP: 2% per year. a. After adjustment for wealth, geographic dimension, and/or stimulation of demand. b. The first number pertains to the 6-year primary cycle (or whatever the duration of the primary cycle) and the second number to the 9-year primary cycle in ES-5.
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