Dropouts
187
The total number of dropouts in 2016/17 was 18042. This figure has increased by 754
dropouts from total of 17288 in the previous year. The results indicate that most students,
both male and female, dropped out mainly because of school fees.
Graph 6: Dropouts in Secondary Schools – Source – Ministry of Education, Science and
Technology
Education Expenditure
188 The Government of Malawi continues to highly value the education sector as
demonstrated by allocating 4.2 percent of the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
to the education sector in the 2017/18 financial year.
Table 8: Education Expenditure 2012 – 2017 – Source – Ministry of Education, Science
and Technology
Year
2012/13
2013/14
2014/15
2015/16
2016/17
Education-
79
102
119
163
179
2,242
2,848
3,521
4,219
sector
allocation
minus
Dev
Part 1 (MK'
billions)
GDP
(MK' 1,717
billions)
67