CFOS Table 1.3
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Exercise 1.3 - Sample Answers
Types of Costs | Fixed, Variable or Semi-Variable |
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MATERIALS SUB-SYSTEM | |
Course Development | (For any given course) |
training workshop for course writers | Fixed |
payments for course writers | Fixed |
fees/salary for editor | Fixed |
salary/wages for typist | Fixed |
costs of pilot-testing materials | Fixed |
Materials Production | |
salary/wages/fees for DTP | Fixed or Semi-Variable |
payments for illustrations | Fixed |
payments for use of copyright material | Fixed or Semi-Variable |
costs of printing or photocopying | Variable |
Materials Distribution | |
storage of materials | Semi-Variable |
packing materials | Variable |
transporting materials | Semi-Variable |
communicating with those handing out materials to learners | Semi-Variable |
STUDENT SUB-SYSTEM | |
Admission & Registration | |
assessing applications from potential students | Variable |
entering registration forms on a computer database | Variable |
checking data entry for completeness and accuracy | Semi-Variable |
Allocation to Centres & Study Groups | |
rent or maintenance of study centre building | Fixed or Semi-Variable |
utilities (electricity, heating, water) for study centres | Semi-Variable |
payments to centre heads | Fixed or Semi-Variable |
provision of ICTs at study centres | Fixed or Semi-Variable |
informing students about when and which study centre to go to | Variable |
Tutorials & Study Groups | |
payments to tutors | Semi-Variable |
training of tutors | Fixed or Semi-Variable |
teaching materials (chalk, felt-tip markers, photocopies, etc.) | Semi-Variable |
Assessment | |
fees/wages for marking assignments | Variable |
rental of examination hall | Semi-Variable |
payment for exam invigilators | Semi-Variable |
payment for exam marking | Variable |
Certification | |
checking that students have met all the requirements for a certificate to be awarded | Variable |
printing certificates & inscribing graduates' names | Variable |
graduation ceremony | Semi-Variable |
LOGISTICAL SUB-SYSTEM | |
recruiting part-time tutors and issuing contracts to them | Semi-Variable |
issuing cheques or arranging for bank transfers to pay tutors | Semi-Variable |
maintaining the institution's computer network | Fixed or Semi-Variable |
insurance for the institution | Fixed |
REGULATORY SUB-SYTEM | |
salary of institution's director/chief executive officer | Fixed |
payments to institution's board of governors/advisors | Fixed |
costs of strategic planning workshops | Fixed |
costs of periodic evaluation of institution | Fixed or Semi-Variable |
This table is not comprehensive. There are many more examples of costs that you might have included in your list.