170
SIERRA LEONE: Teacher Salaries and Per-Student Spending by Level of Education, Base Year and 2020 Lower secondary
Primary
General
TVET
Upper secondary
School-towork transition program
General
Higher education
TVET
School-towork transition program
Humanities & social sciences
Sciences
Professional
All
Teacher salaries in multiples of per capita GDPa 2004 2020
“Generous”
4.2
5.9
5.9
3.6/3.8b
5.6
7.2
5.1
6.2
“Spartan”
Level of per-student spending in % of per capita GDPa 2004 2020
“Generous” “Spartan”
10
29
73
110
30
73
33
253
289
383
291
18/21b
54
90
50
85
140
100
255
408
493
338
26
90
50
43
140
100
255
408
493
338
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.