This is on privatisation of education.

1. Privatising
Education
Janardan Mishra
IGNOU B ED Trainee
Radhanath IASE, Cuttack
Government vs Private

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The Concept
 Increasing role for private sector in educational :

provision

funding and/or

regulation
15/05/12

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Why privatisation?
 Negative reasons
 failures of state education
 inequity of state provision
 Positive reasons
 Efficiency and cost-effectiveness
 Investment
 Innovation
 Self-help and community self-help
 Freedom/liberty

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Why Privatisation? Innovation
and investment
Education companies are emerging, with chains of
schools and universities, which:
 benefit from economies of scale – can find finance
from financial institutions; can fund student loan
programmes
 invest in research and development – implications
for financial efficiency and educational effectiveness
 Potential to solve the ‘information problem’ through
brand names

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Why privatisation? Innovation
and investment
Entrepreneurs in developed
and developing countries
have created educational
opportunities which are:
 Profitable
 Financed entirely from
student fee income
 Cater for mass markets, not
just the elite

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NIIT, India
1979 computer training
company
Now has 1,000 franchised
centres in India and has
expanded into 25
countries worldwide
Emphasis on R&D and
quality control
Student loan scheme with
Citibank

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NIIT R&D
 The ‘hole in the wall’ programme
 Challenges the notion of what a teacher
is…
 Is it commercially viable?

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Key questions
 Can the virtues of private education be
replicated in the state sector?
 Can access to the virtues of private
education be extended to those
currently within the state sector?

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Solution to Privatisation
 Public-Private Partnerships (PPP)

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Why? Breakdown in public
schools
 ‘plain negligence: …
casesof teacherskeeping
aschool closed for months
at atime; aheadteacher
who comesto school once
aweek’
 “this pattern is not
confined to a minority of
irresponsible teachers – it
has become a way of life
in theprofession.’