**7. Performance-based funding**

In this funding model, the allocation of resources to universities is based on past performance of certain teaching, learning, and research outcomes. For example, as part of NPM (New Public Management), such as student enrollment, graduate enrollment and graduation, and the number of research papers published in indexed journals, the public higher education system provides funding based on the performance. Strengthen institutional responsibilities and improve efficiency. In general, it is a coordination tool that improves the transparency and efficiency of public spending by linking it with quantifiable indicators that improve the quality of higher education [26].

*Public-Private Participation in Funding University Education in Sub-Saharan Africa… DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.99940*

In sub-Saharan Africa, performance-based college funding is effective South Africa. Based on research evidence, this model compares South African public universities with other public universities in Africa it's relatively improved productivity.
