With regards to the financing of the pre-university education MES holds and administers the budget for public pre-university education system and finances the public pre-university education institutions by covering the following expenses: 

1. Expenses for the teaching staff of pre-university education, excluding teaching staff of pre-school institutions and the non-teaching staff of education institutions providing services; 
2. Expenses for trainings, curricula, teaching programs, transport of teachers and pupils, school text books, state matura.
3. Capital expenses mainly investment in lab equipment’s. 
4. Expenses for the functioning of the Quality Assurance Agency in Pre-University Education (QAAPE);
5. Expenses for the functioning of the General Directorate of Pre-University Education (GDPE)
6. Expenses for the functioning of the Regional Directorate of Pre-University Education (RDPE)
7. Expenses for the functioning of the Local Office of Pre-University education (LOPE)

The financing of private pre-university education institutions is done by private funds. No budgetary funds are directed to finance these institutions in Albania. 

In regard to pre-school education institution public half day kindergartens are offered free of charge for other types of institutions needles and full day kindergarten the fees are set at local governance level. 
 

Higher education institutions funding sources include state budget, student tuition fees, income from services rendered or generated by third parties, donations, scientific activities, international projects, bilateral or multilateral agreements, funding from special funds.

In both public and private higher education institutions students that follow their lessons there pay fees. In public higher education institutions tuition fees are fixed by relevant Decisions of Council of Ministers. Universities are not restricted in the manner they use the tuition fees. Tuition fees constitute a significant part of higher education institutions funding.