The Future of Education

The education sector receives the attention of writers and researchers in economic affairs because it has an important role in achieving economic development as it contributes to the provision of efficient human resources needed by the economic sectors. This is linked to the existence of adequate government expenditure on all kinds of education, which will lead to the provision of adequate study seats that achieve the necessary coverage for the all who are in the school-age.  It should be noted that the government should be spends on education through the provision of the necessary infrastructure of schools and educational instruments and the adoption of technology in the development of the teaching process and leave the traditional methods and switch to advanced methods such as smart boards, electronic books, electronic libraries. The study aims to diagnosing the effect of the size of government spending on education in Iraq, on the reaching to the required number of seats that include all who are in school age , and the impact of these expenses on the development of education and the provision of necessary infrastructure. The study of the impact of public expenditure on education in Iraq will also include the study of the effects of the withdrawal of funds allocated by the government to the troubled economic and social sectors. This will generate the urgent need to make a distinction between the importance of directing government spending towards education and directing it towards other areas. And the positive and negative impacts resulting from it in the long term.  And by comparing the priority of the sectors to which government spending should be channeled, the researchers will be able, with the help of available data on the deteriorating reality of education in Iraq, to draw up a proposed scenario for improving the education in Iraq over the medium and long term.

Keywords: Government Expenditure, Education in Iraq, Social Inclusion;