Description
‘An excellent book! It comes highly recommended for education researchers and teachers at the primary education stage.’ - ESCalate. Read the full review at http://escalate.ac.uk/5365
In recent years developing countries have expanded their government education systems in an attempt to meet the Millennium Development Goals on education by 2015. One consequence has been a dramatic growth in low-cost private education institutions, which are increasingly being seen as a popular alternative to the public education system.
Using independent first-hand research, this study investigates the low-cost private education sector in India, Nigeria and Uganda. The contributors explain the mushrooming of these schools and consider the impact they have on access to education for the poor. They argue that with proper regulation, supervision and government support, private schools can help to achieve education for all by filling gaps in public education.
This study will serve as an invaluable resource to anyone interested in educational planning and policy-making in developing countries.
Contents
Foreword
List of Acronyms
1. General Introduction
2. Study Introduction
Purpose
Defining the low-cost private sector
Study methodology
3. The International Context
Private schools and the impact of under-reporting
Stability of the market niche
Entrepreneurial response
Possible impacts/options for the low-cost private sector
Issues of freedom of choice
Issues of efficiency
Issues of equity
Issues of social cohesion
4. India by Subir Shukla and Priti Joshi
Introduction
School types in India and low-cost private education
Tracking the scale and nature of the phenomenon
The demand for low-fee private education
Case studies
Supply and quality issues
Impact on the system
Options ahead
5. Nigeria by Dr Abdurrahman Umar
Introduction: definitions and conceptualisations
Private schooling in Nigeria: a review of relevant literature
Research methodology and data analysis
The data analysis: national secondary data
Private schooling in Nigeria: summary of the national context
Analysis of case study data
Summary of findings on the case studies
Conclusions and recommendations
6. Uganda by Simon Kisira
Introduction
Methodology
Findings
Recommendations
Uganda: study materials
Comparison of government and private case study schools
Interview notes from Uganda study
Conclusions
Conversion of community schools into government schools
Management of private schools in Uganda
Procedures for establishing private schools
Language policy
References
Index