Education budget for 2018 to increase by 10.52%: Minister Nikolla

The growth by 10.52% of education budget provided in the 2018 draft will be translated into increase of salaries for instructors in Albanian schools.

This was the comment made by the Ministry of Education, Sports and Youth Lindita Nikolla during the presentation of the draft budget she made at the Parliamentary Committee for Education and Means of Public Information.

Nikolla stressed that the budget of 2018 reaches the value of ALL 38 billion and 374 million lek and current expenditures are slated to increase by 5.6% compared to the previous year.

Further on, the Minister of Education added that 76% of the budget would go to pre-university education, while adding that the draft provides investing in 17 new schools with a fund of ALL 700 million for 7 years.

The ruling majority and opposition MPs debatet over a request presented by the chair of the commission Albana Vokshi who called on the sides to distance themselves from the situation of narcotics created in the country.

Vokshi urged SP MPs and MInister Nikolla to give their resignation following the dire drugs situation in the country.

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