Azerbaijan shifts school funding to per-student basis
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President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan signed a decree to change how the country funds its state schools, moving to a per-capita system.
Starting in the 2026 to 2027 academic year, the government will distribute funds to schools based on the number of students they serve. The new system will use a growth coefficient, adjusted for the level of education, to calculate the amount of funding each student receives.
The Cabinet of Ministers of Azerbaijan will define the specific amount of annual education expense per student and create procedures for distributing funds and applying growth coefficients. They must report their findings to President Aliyev within one month. The Ministry of Science and Education, working with the Ministry of Finance, will decide which schools will receive per-capita funding and will determine student numbers for each year. The Ministry of Finance will then provide the necessary funds from the state budget.
