한국 교육재정의 구조와 특징 : 국제 비교의 관점

Structure and Characteristics of Korean Education Finance : An International Perspective

  이 글은 국제 비교 자료를 통해서 한국 교육재정의 구조와 특징을 분석하는 데 목적이 있다. 이를 위해서 교육재정의 구조를 분석하기 위한 개념적인 틀을 설정하고, OECD 교육지표를 활용하여 투입·분담·배분·지출의 측면에서 교육재정의 구조를 비교·분석하였고, 분석 결과를 바탕으로 한국 교육재정의 특징과 교육재정의 발전방향에 관해 논의하였다. 한국의 교육재정은 저투자, 높은 사부담, 초ㆍ중등교육에 대한 우선 투자, 높은 자본적 지출 등의 특징을 보여주었다.

  The purpose of this study is to analyse the structure and characteristics of Korean education finance from international perspective. The study consists of three parts. First, the conceptual framework was set up to analyse the structure of education finance. Second, the input, allocation, distribution, and expenditure aspects of education finance was analysed by the mean, maximum, and minimum value in OECD countries, and the indicators of Finland, Japan, UK, USA, and Korea were compared for benchmarking. Third, the characteristics of Korean education finance were discussed and the prospects and tasks for development of Korean education finance system were explored. Korean education finance was characterized by low investment, high private responsibility, priority on elementary and secondary level of education, and high capital expenditure.