Total costs equal fixed costs plus variable costs. Fixed costs remain stable, especially in the short term, but may vary with a longer time horizon. Fixed costs include building and equipment costs, regulatory fees and salaried personnel. In the long run, even fixed costs can vary.
Education reform is the name given to the goal of changing public education. Historically, reforms have taken different forms because the motivations of reformers have differed. However, since the 1980s, education reform has been focused on changing the existing system from one focused on inputs to one focused on outputs (i.e., student achievement).
1 The National Education Policy Act (Nepa), 1996 (Act 27 of 1996) brought into law the policies, and legislative and monitoring responsibilities of the Minister of Education, as well as the formal relations between national and provincial authorities. Sasa of 1996 was amended by the Education Laws Amendment Act, 2005 (Act 24 of 2005) , which authorises the declaration of schools in poverty-stricken areas as âno-fee schoolsâ, and by the Education Laws Amendment Act, 2007 (Act 31 of 2007) , which provides for the functions and responsibilities of school principals.