Tax Ed in Senegal

Since the early 2000s, Senegal has made progress in expanding access to education. However, deep-rooted inequalities persist in educational access and completion, particularly along gender, socioeconomic, geographic, and regional lines. Urgent action is needed to tackle inequalities that prevent many children from completing a full cycle of quality public education. A key priority is to scale up a well-supported, qualified teaching workforce, and invest in an equitable, quality public education system.

This requires greater public investment, guided by the TaxEd Alliance’s 4S approach:

Share – Allocate a larger share of the budget to education
Size – Expand overall revenues through fair taxation and debt justice
Sensitivity – Target spending to reach the most marginalised
Scrutiny – Strengthen transparency and accountability so that funds reach schools

In particular, Senegal requires additional public funds to meet the sustained costs required to achieve SDG 4. This is becoming increasingly difficult amid rising debt servicing, which is putting significant downward pressure on education spending.

What can Senegal do amidst this crisis to sustainably and equitably mobilise more resources for education?

See the key statistics below and read the full briefing here.