Back-to-School Education Benefit, BTS
Basic Information
Country
Geographic area
Institutions and agencies involved
Population group
Children, Poor households
Programme Details
Programme objectives
To support needy students from PNAFN households and other low-income households to purchase school supplies
Programme components
Prior to 2011, BTS provided in-kind support; since 2011, BTS assistance has taken the form of direct monetary transfers for each child enrolled in school, for up to three children per family at the return to the school year, as well as monthly benefits for PNAFN households
UNICEF. 2014. Evaluation of Tunisia’s Education Benefit Program of PNAFN. Tunis: United Nations Children’s Fund. Available at: https://socialprotection.org/discover/publications/evaluation-education-benefit-program-pnafn-tunisia. Accessed 24 July 2017
UNICEF. 2022. "La Tunisie renforce son programme d’allocation pour les enfants de 6 à 18 ans des familles défavorisées en partenariat avec l’UNICEF et avec le soutien financier du Gouvernement de l’Allemagne". Available at: https://www.unicef.org/tunisia/communiqu%C3%A9s-de-presse/la-tunisie-renforce-son-programme-dallocation-pour-les-enfants-de-6-%C3%A0-18-ans. Accessed on 08 March 2024
Coverage
105,000 children benefitting from monthly allowances; 421,000 children benefitting from the one-off back-to-school assistance
Programme expenditure
TND13 million in the 2014-2015 school year
UNICEF Tunisia. 2017. Personal communication.
Targeting and eligiblity
Targeting methods
Targeted areas
Nationwide
Target groups
Low-income families, including (but not exclusively) PNAFN families; also applies to university students
Eligibility criteria
Proof of enrolment and proof of need (PNAFN registration or by means of a home visit from a social worker)
Coverage and other information
Amount of benefits
Back-to-school allowances of TND 50 for each child in primary and secondary school and of TND 120 for each university student as of March 2022. Monthly allowances of TND 30 to AMEN social households during the school year;
UNICEF. 2022. "La Tunisie renforce son programme d’allocation pour les enfants de 6 à 18 ans des familles défavorisées en partenariat avec l’UNICEF et avec le soutien financier du Gouvernement de l’Allemagne". Available at: https://www.unicef.org/tunisia/communiqu%C3%A9s-de-presse/la-tunisie-renforce-son-programme-dallocation-pour-les-enfants-de-6-%C3%A0-18-ans. Accessed on 08 March 2024
World Bank. 2022. COVID-19 Social Protection Emergency Response Support Project, Additional Financing. Available at: https://projects.worldbank.org/en/projects-operations/project-detail/P177821. Accessed on 08 March 2024.
Payment/delivery frequency
Minimum and maximum duration of benefits (if any)
Minimum of one year
UNICEF Tunisia. 2017. Personal communication.