Stocktaking of Haiti's School Building Stock (MENFP-IDB)
- Counts 2,710 public schools, of which 1,682 need completing and 1,028 need rebuilding, which is the split that determines the cost of any national programme.
- Calculates that bringing the stock to the 9+2 standard would create 18,767 classrooms and about 802,850 places, of which 135,500 preschool, 308,400 in the first two cycles and 358,950 in the third.
- Shows that even a fully rehabilitated public system stays the minority provider, moving from 732,602 places (21 percent) to 802,850 (23 percent) against 1,972,623 private places (56 percent).
- Prices the two tracks separately over ten years: 7,000 classrooms at 25,000 US dollars each for schools to complete, 175 million dollars or 17.5 million a year, and 10,000 classrooms at 50,000 dollars each for schools to rebuild, 500 million dollars or 50 million a year.
- Converts the target into delivery capacity rather than leaving it as money, about 700 classrooms a year, meaning five firms each building five buildings a year per department for a decade.
- Records what was actually delivered between 2012 and 2018, 1,045 classrooms and 93 schools through MENFP/IDB and about 1,005 classrooms and 157 schools through other institutions, roughly 2,050 classrooms and 250 schools for about 92 million US dollars, with one funder's contribution not communicated.
- Notes that the standards themselves moved between 2008 and 2016 and shows the regulation process with coordination, use and validation still marked as open questions.
A MENFP-IDB stocktaking of the public school building stock in 2017, which converts the condition of buildings into places for children and then into a price. Its arithmetic is what makes it useful: 2,710 public schools, of which 1,682 need completing and 1,028 need rebuilding.
Bringing that stock to the 9+2 standard, nine fundamental classes plus two preschool, would create 18,767 classrooms and about 802,850 places, of which 5,420 preschool classrooms for 135,500 places, 6,168 classrooms for the first and second cycles carrying 308,400 places and 7,179 third-cycle classrooms for 358,950. Set against current enrolment, that would take the public share from 732,602 places (21 percent) to a potential 802,850 (23 percent), against 1,972,623 private places (56 percent), so even a fully rehabilitated public system would remain the minority provider.
The cost scenario is given in two tracks over ten years: 7,000 classrooms at an average 25,000 US dollars each for the schools to complete, 175 million dollars in total or 17.5 million a year, and 10,000 classrooms at 50,000 dollars each for the schools to rebuild, 500 million dollars or 50 million a year. Expressed as delivery capacity, that is about 700 classrooms a year, five firms each building five buildings a year in every department for a decade. The document also records what was actually built between 2012 and 2018: 1,045 classrooms and 93 schools through MENFP/IDB, plus about 1,005 classrooms and 157 schools by other institutions, roughly 2,050 classrooms and 250 schools in total for about 92 million US dollars.
How to cite
Ministry of National Education and Vocational Training (MENFP), 2017, Stocktaking of Haiti's School Building Stock (MENFP-IDB), https://menfp.gouv.ht/#/documents/official