Philanthropic Engagement in Education

Srivastava, Prachi

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“…While these declarations and related reports frame issues and challenges, taken together, they have done little to improve the overall quality of education that children encounter, even as nation-states enroll more children than in previous generations (Srivastava, 2016b). Despite global commitments to fund education at 6% of GDP and 20% of government expenditure, much of the world labors to achieve these contribution levels (Srivastava, 2016a). India, for instance, which has committed to similar benchmarks since the 1960s and after, still only funds education at a rate of 3.8% of GDP.…”

Section: Historical Context Of Private Education In the Global Southmentioning

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Critical approaches to private education in the Global South

Inglis

2023

Sociology Compass

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This article highlights the key themes that animate the critical discourse on private education initiatives targeting poor children in the Global South. Scholars in the field remain skeptical that public-private partnerships, low-fee private schools, and various subsidy and voucher programs are best suited to addressing the underlying issues of equity and quality that plague public education systems in low-and middle-income countries. Most, however, tend to adopt one of two different, though complementary, lines of analysis in drawing attention to the issue. Some scholars, for instance, use empirical evidence to show how low-fee private schools fall short of delivering on promises to address the needs of all children and enhancing basic literacy and numeracy scores in comparison to public schools. Other scholars, however, map networks of people and money to reveal how private education in the Global South is guided by power and profit.The paper outlines the moral and analytic interests that guide these two approaches to the challenge private education presents, while also making the case for an additional mode of analysis that would test the democratic and social justice claims that feature in mission statements of larger foundations and institutions set in vulnerable societies.

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Critical approaches to private education in the Global South

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2023

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“…Among the wide range of NGOs working in the area of teacher training, a select segment that is largely supported by prominent corporates is increasingly gaining considerable importance in education policymaking circles (Srivastava, 2016). These NGOs employ a managerialist approach to education where the school teacher is envisioned as a technician imparting literacy and numeracy skills.…”

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From Government to Governance

Subramanian

2017

Contemporary Education Dialogue

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The Teach for India (TFI) programme, an important offshoot of the Teach for All/Teach for America global education network, began as a public–private partnership in 2009 in poorly functioning municipal schools in Pune and Mumbai. Like its American counterpart, the programme in India has similar ideas of reform and recruits college graduates and young professionals to serve as teachers in under-resourced government schools and low-cost private schools as part of a two-year fellowship. Over the past 7 years, the organisation has expanded its reach to five other cities in the country—Delhi, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chennai and Ahmedabad—and is emerging as a focal point in a growing network of urban not-for-profit organisations seeking to infuse new logics of reform in municipal school administrative bodies. This article situates the emergence of the TFI programme in the Indian context and maps its links to local, national and global actors and organisations using Social Network Analysis (SNA). Through the use of SNA, the article highlights the growing network of non-state institutions in metro cities, most notably Mumbai and Delhi, which are playing a key role in school reform focusing on school management, school leadership, advocacy and teacher training.

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Profiting from the Poor

Spreen¹,

Kamat²

2018

The Wiley Handbook of Global Educational Reform

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Philanthropic Engagement in Education

Cited by 8 publications

References 17 publications

Critical approaches to private education in the Global South

Critical approaches to private education in the Global South

From Government to Governance

Profiting from the Poor

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