Private Non-State Sector Engagement in the Provision of Educational Services at the Primary and Secondary Levels in South Asia: An Analytical Review of its Role in School Enrollment and Student Achievement

Dahal, Mahesh; Nguyen, Quynh T.

doi:10.1596/1813-9450-6899

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“…India and Pakistan are two developing countries receiving widespread attention in education and development research because this low cost private sector provides millions of children a primary education, with nearly one-third of all pupils in South Asia aged 6-18 attending private school (Dahal and Nguyen 2014). This has supplemented the national progress to EFA-for the universal primary education as well as gender equality goals -leading to both praise for and questions about the involvement of the private sector in education, in particular concern over the quality of the education that is being provided.…”

Section: The Low Cost Private Schools Modelmentioning

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Low Cost Private Schools: ‘Helping’ to Reach Education for All Through Exploiting Women

Carr‐Hill¹,

Sauerhaft²

2019

European Journal of Education

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The rapid growth of Low Cost Private Schools (LCPS) in developing countries has led to increasing interest in the model’s ‘sustainability’. Nearly all the literature is based on the proponents’ claims that the model is more cost-effective than government schools rather than of the implications of the model depending to a large extent on very low paid young women teachers.The article is written against the backdrop of the model of an autonomous, respected, well-prepared teacher and framed in terms of human rights and gender (dis-)empowerment. Drawing on material on literature mainly from India and Pakistan, it documents the educational levels and employment opportunities for women; reviews the arguments for and against the model pointing out the lack of attention to the high rates of profit and the plight of teachers; and demonstrates that the (mostly young women) teachers are not only very low paid but are also poorly qualified with very precarious conditions of employment. Simply put, paying women teachers less than the minimum wage denies their human rights, further disempowering those who are already socially marginalized and excluded. This is not sustainable for gender equality in the long term and, finally, detrimental to education in developing societies as a whole.

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Section: The Low Cost Private Schools Modelmentioning

confidence: 99%

Low Cost Private Schools: ‘Helping’ to Reach Education for All Through Exploiting Women

Carr‐Hill¹,

Sauerhaft²

2019

European Journal of Education

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“…In Nepal, household data similarly show that private schooling participation is more prevalent in larger districts and in urban areas and among higher-income groups. Household survey data from 2010 shows that 43% of 16-to 18-year-olds (52% of the wealthiest quintile and 23% of the poorest) receive tuition (Dahal and Nguyen 2014).…”

Section: Participation Trends In Private Schooling and Tutoringmentioning

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“…There is very limited information on private participation and private tutoring in the other South Asian contexts (Bhutan, Afghanistan, and the Maldives). A household survey-based analysis of South Asian countries found that only 3% of 16-to 18year-olds in Bhutan (in 2007) and 1% in Afghanistan (in 2008) were enrolled in private schools (Dahal and Nguyen 2014). There has been a recent growth in private provision in Bhutan given the government's inability to absorb all students into higher secondary education.…”

Section: Participation Trends In Private Schooling and Tutoringmentioning

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Private Schooling and Tutoring at Scale in South Asia

Joshi

2019

Global Education Systems

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The chapter reviews trends and reasons for increased private schooling and tutoring in South Asia, and the systemic implications and governance strategies to tackle this proliferation. Focusing primarily on the most recent 5 years of academic and gray evidence, I find that Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka have experienced substantial growth in private tutoring. Private provision has grown due to a lack of adequate public supply. Parental demand for private schooling and increasingly tutoring is based on perceptions of better quality and interest in seeking a competitive advantage. Some systemic implications include concerns of equity and that the "shadow" system of private tutoring can begin to overshadow or supplant regular schooling. Regulatory systems in the region require significant reconsideration, given implementation challenges of existing regulations, and the growth and diversification of the private tutoring system.

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“…Finally, it is important to point out that international LFPS promoters have begun advocating for the establishment of some forms of PPPs between national governments and LFPS. According to LFPS advocates, PPP solutions such as vouchers schemes could be a way to expand the role of private schools in education and to overcome the economic barriers of the poorest families in accessing these schools (Dahal and Nguyen, 2014). Nonetheless, as Srivastava (2014) points out, the establishment of PPP agreements between low-income countries' governments and the private sector entails important risks.…”

Section: Privatization By Default In Low-income Countries and The Expmentioning

confidence: 99%

Experimenting with educational development: international actors and the promotion of private schooling in vulnerable contexts

Verger¹,

Zancajo

Fontdevila³

2018

The State, Business and Education

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Private Non-State Sector Engagement in the Provision of Educational Services at the Primary and Secondary Levels in South Asia: An Analytical Review of its Role in School Enrollment and Student Achievement

Cited by 16 publications

References 36 publications

Low Cost Private Schools: ‘Helping’ to Reach Education for All Through Exploiting Women

Low Cost Private Schools: ‘Helping’ to Reach Education for All Through Exploiting Women

Private Schooling and Tutoring at Scale in South Asia

Experimenting with educational development: international actors and the promotion of private schooling in vulnerable contexts

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