Cost analysis of school-based sexuality education programs in six countries

Table 2 Comparison of findings of the cost analysis (US$ 2009 prices)

Country	Nigeria	Kenya	Indonesia	India [i]	Estonia	Netherlands [ii]
Name of SE program	Family Life and HIV Education	World Starts With Me	Daku!	Adolescent reproductive and sexual health curriculum	Human Studies (SE is part of it)	Long Live Love
Period considered	1999–2009	2005–2009	2005–2009	2010–2014	1991–2009	1999–2009
Program duration (years) (a)	3	1	1	3	3 (7)	1
Total program costs (b)	3,400,000	1,380,000	1,200,000	10,800,000	5,610,000	12,200,000
Annualized costs in 2009 (c)	562,000	364,000	289,000	3,502,000	311,000	830,000
Schools covered in 2009 (d)	319	112	77	5,560	382	174
Average class size (students)	75 - 150	44	30	45	18	20
Average SE teaching time per class per year (hours)	14.2 hours per class per year 42.7 hours over three years	46.3 hours per class per year	47.2 hours per class per year	7.9 hours per class per year 23.7 hours over three years	33. hours over three years	11.4 hours per class (one LLL lesson is 2.2 hours)
Teachers’ monthly gross salary	350	467	276	298	1,500	4,137
Cost per school reached in 2009 (e) = (c)/(d)	1,762	3,250	3,750	630	814	4,768
Cumulative number of students reached (f)	694,000	13,000	6,240	990,000	190,000	376,000
Students covered in 2009 (g)	246,000	7,300	1,805	780,000	28,000	25,300
Cost per student reached in 2009 (h) = (c)/(g)	2.28	49.98	159.93	4.49	11	32.80
Cost per student reached (who completed the curriculum) in 2009 (i) = (a)*(h) [iii]	6.90	50	159.90	13.50	32.90	32.80
Budgetary outlays per student reached (who completed the curriculum) in 2009 [iv]	0.62	37.20	135.44	2.52	8.39	10.40

ⁱIndia data refers to the planned implementation period 2010–2014. Where 2009 is stated, it should read 2014.
ⁱⁱThe Netherlands refers to program version LLL3 during the period 2001–2009. Earlier versions LLL1 and LLL2 during the period 1991–1998 were excluded from the study.
ⁱⁱⁱCost per student reached refers to students who have completed the curriculum. The costs are calculated as the duration of the curriculum multiplied by the costs per student covered in 2009.
^ivBudgetary outlays refers to MoE’s additional cost of providing sexuality education; costs that occur in addition to the regular expenses, e.g. teacher salaries that are paid also in the absence of a SBE program.

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