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Table 4 Total one-time costs that are necessary to achieve the 94% scale-up of public training institutions and meet quality training standards, Zambia

From: Doubling the number of health graduates in Zambia: estimating feasibility and costs

One-off costs (USD '000)

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

Total

Teaching

      

Hire additional teaching staff (recruiting costs only)

265

99

99

111

135

710

Build new classrooms

356

571

195

170

 

1292

Build new basic lecture theatres

 

556

158

908

310

1932

Refurbish or expand existing classrooms

42

146

6

2

 

197

Build new staff offices

2172

556

285

1145

475

4633

Laboratories

      

Build new skills laboratories

118

120

84

29

 

350

Update current skills laboratories and equipment

160

425

31

64

 

681

Build new chemical/biomedical laboratories

   

115

 

115

Update chemical/biomed laboratories and equipment

 

308

 

215

 

523

Student accommodation

      

Build new student accommodation

1679

9580

7824

9361

6344

34 788

Refurbish existing student accommodation

205

41

   

247

Library

      

Build new libraries

154

1501

105

612

23

2395

Refurbish or expand existing libraries

6

37

 

16

 

59

Buy new text books

214

105

182

161

63

726

Kitchen & dining

      

Build or update kitchen and dining facilities

472

1611

245

1857

8

4194

Faculty accommodation

      

Build new teacher accommodation

3086

746

270

138

 

4239

Computers

      

Buy new computers

57

78

65

92

47

339

Vehicles

      

Purchase and repair transportation vehicles

367

235

215

  

817

Other

      

Purchase teaching materials

4

2

1

0

0

7

Purchase recreational hall furniture

10

10

3

  

23

Build new sports complex

 

293

157

  

450

Build new guest house

  

90

  

90

Total one-off costs

9 367

17 021

10 015

14 996

7407

58 807

  1. There need to be significant investments in order to achieve the 94% scale-up of public training institutions. This table displays the exact costs and year in which these investments are planned to occur. Construction costs are spread across the five years of scale-up.