CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2016
| Author | Galeano, Diana Maria |
|---|---|
| Title | Paraguay's Public Spending on Education after Stroessner: Invest More? |
| Summary | Public education was long neglected in Paraguay, until the last dictatorship ended and the democratic transition began with the government revising the constitution and setting education as a priority in 1992. Although the government expanded coverage and built more schools, infrastructure remains poor and educators largely lack academic knowledge. As a result, this thesis seeks to explore why the government has not increased the education budget to improve its educational system, despite the clear need. In order to address this question, the thesis collected and analyzed documents published on the Ministry of Education and Culture’s official website. By conducting a thematic analysis of these materials, the thesis identified a number of predominant themes regarding public expenditure in education, namely in terms of quality of education and insufficient government expenditure. While the literature discussed in this thesis illustrates that the underinvestment in education can be attributed to structural problems that stem from the political and sociocultural history of Paraguay, the thematic analysis found that the MEC has been investing on improving quality education. It also, in turn, suggests a divergence not only between policymaking and policy problems as perceived by most Paraguayans, but also between the literature and the results on the ground. |
| Supervisor | Hübscher, Evelyne |
| Department | School of Public Policy MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2016/galeano_diana.pdf |
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