| Table 150 : Allocation to Education Sector in Relation to Current and | |||||||||
| Capital Budgetary Expenditures in St.Lucia, 2000/01 | |||||||||
| Expenditure in Millions EC$ | |||||||||
| Sectors | Recurrent | Capital | Total | Percentage | |||||
| Distribution | |||||||||
| Finance and Economic Affairs | 146.0 | 27.2 | 173.3 | 23.86 | |||||
| Education and Human Resource Development | 102.7 | 21.5 | 124.2 | 17.09 | |||||
| Development, Planning, Environment and Housing | 7.3 | 66.6 | 73.9 | 10.18 | |||||
| Legal Affairs, Home ,Labour,Judiciary and DPP | 43.3 | 27.0 | 70.3 | 9.68 | |||||
| Communications,Works,Transport and Public Utilities | 21.7 | 42.2 | 63.9 | 8.80 | |||||
| Health, Human Services,Family Affairs and Gender Relation | 51.3 | 11.2 | 62.5 | 8.60 | |||||
| Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing | 11.7 | 35.8 | 47.5 | 6.54 | |||||
| Prime Ministers Office | 6.7 | 26.2 | 32.9 | 4.53 | |||||
| Tourism and Civil Aviation | 1.3 | 22.5 | 23.8 | 3.27 | |||||
| Community Development,Culture,Local Government, | |||||||||
| Co-operatives and Ecclesiastical Affairs | 9.3 | 6.1 | 15.4 | 2.12 | |||||
| Foreign Affairs and International Trade | 12.8 | 0.1 | 12.9 | 1.78 | |||||
| Public Services | 11.2 | 0.8 | 12.0 | 1.65 | |||||
| Others | 6.3 | 1.6 | 7.9 | 1.09 | |||||
| Commerce, Int'l Financial Services and Consumer Affairs | 3.5 | 2.4 | 5.9 | 0.81 | |||||
| Total | 435.1 | 291.2 | 726.3 | 100.0 | |||||
| Source : Ministry of Finance and Planning, Government of St.Lucia Estimates 2000-2001 page iv | |||||||||
| Table 151 : Projections of Public Expenditure by Levels of Education and | |||||||||
| Programs at Current Prices in St.Lucia, 2000/01 to 2005/06 | |||||||||
| Expenditure in Million EC$ | ` | ||||||||
| Primary | Secondary | Other | Total | ||||||
| Year | Education | Education | Programs | ||||||
| 2000/01 | 43.9 | 28.4 | 30.3 | 102.7 | |||||
| 2001/02 | 44.3 | 32.7 | 34.7 | 111.7 | |||||
| 2002/03 | 45.0 | 37.0 | 38.7 | 120.7 | |||||
| 2003/04 | 45.6 | 42.9 | 43.7 | 132.2 | |||||
| 2004/05 | 46.4 | 50.0 | 49.7 | 146.1 | |||||
| 2005/06 | 47.8 | 55.1 | 55.4 | 158.3 | |||||
| Source : Primary Education, Table 56 and Secondary Education, Table 113 | |||||||||
| Notes : From Table 149, it is observed that the Expenditure on Primary and Secondary Education | |||||||||
| put together constituted 69.2 percent of Total Educational Expenditure in 1994/95 and it | |||||||||
| increased to 69.9 percent in 2000/01. For projection purposes, the share of expenditure on | |||||||||
| Primary and Secondary Education has been assumed to decline linearly from 69.9% percent | |||||||||
| in 2000/01 to 65 percent in 2005/06. | |||||||||