Keyword: «financing of education»

The article presents an assessment of the state budget expenditures effectiveness. The author has analyzed the effectiveness of expenses on education in the Republic of Karelia. Comparative characteristics of the results of the applied methods are given, their positive and negative sides are noted. In accordance with the methodology for assessing the effectiveness of the state program, the indicator of the effectiveness of spending on education in the Republic of Karelia is calculated. The factors influencing on the value of the indicator of the effectiveness of expenditures on education are singled out. As a result of the conducted research, the author concludes that the evaluation of the state program based on the methodology provided in the program and developed on the basis of methodological recommendations is based on an executive plan-factual analysis and does not assume the quality of development, planning and management of the state program. It follows that the Methodological recommendations for assessing the effectiveness of government programs in some cases are not an optimal tool for assessing effectiveness.