Figure 1

Recurrent government expenditure on pre-primary education. The first sharp increase in government expenditure in 2000/2001 was due to the full-scale education reform introduced in 2000. The second sharp increase in government expenditure since 2007/2008 was due to the implementation of the Pre-primary Education Voucher Scheme (PEVS). Source: Census and Statistics Department 2001, 2006, 2013.