schools and local authorities rayons have little flexibility to invest more in human resources by increasing staffing levels or raising teacher salaries if these are more acutely needed or alternatively to invest in physical resources school buildings school equipment such as smart boards if the existing ones are insufficient or outdated overall local and regional governments have very little spending discretion as norms determine how resources should be allocated and intergovernmental transfers have a very limited equalisation effect another issue of concern is the lack of consultation with stakeholders which means that education strategies might not fully reflect the rich diversity of the country the amount devoted to school education of gdp is considerably below the oecd average of although the latter also encompasses postsecondary nontertiary expenditures