Public Education Expenditure: A Review on Selected Issues and Analysis

Abstract

Over the past decades, education has been widely accepted and recognized as one of the key sectors that contribute in human capital development and economic growth. This paper seeks to review on some of the interesting issues concerning the public education expenditure. Additionally, this study will attempt to provide analysis on the trends of the public education expenditure in Malaysia. Time series data of the Malaysian government spending in education sector over the period of 1982 to 2016 was examined and discussed in this paper. The main findings highlighted on the issue of the recent declining pattern of the public education expenditure in Malaysia. The insight illustrated in this paper with regards to the current allocation of the education expenditure in Malaysia will provide a pathway for future analysis on the education sector development.
Keywords: trend, analysis, issues, review, education, public expenditure