Category Archives: private sector

The Partnership Schools for Liberia: A critical analysis

Posted on 7 November 2017 by

By Steven J. Klees, University of Maryland To experiment with the possible privatization of its primary education system, Liberia initiated the Partnership Schools of Liberia (PSL), which turned over the management of 93 public schools to eight private contractors.  This … Continue reading →

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What matters for education reform? Lessons from the Partnership Schools for Liberia experiment and beyond

Posted on 12 September 2017 by

Engaging the private sector to overcome the learning crisis is all the rage in global education. This is giving rise to heated debates, as evident from responses to a paper just published on Liberia’s high-profile ‘Partnership Schools for Liberia’ (PSL) … Continue reading →

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Liberia’s children deserve the best education

Posted on 24 July 2017 by

By: Dr. Saaim W. Naame, Dean of Education at the University of Liberia. Over the last twenty years, the people of Africa’s first modern republic, Liberia, have been through two civil wars and a major virus epidemic. The wars caused … Continue reading →

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Partnerships with non-state providers need to be approached with caution

Posted on 17 July 2017 by

By Alina Lipcan and Ian MacAuslan Low levels of learning globally make for one of the most sobering statistics in education. In 12 out of 13 countries in South-Eastern Africa, fewer than 40% of students had mastered basic numeracy and basic … Continue reading →

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In Liberia, a town struggles to adjust to its new charter school

Posted on 12 April 2017 by

By Ashoka Mukpo, journalist When the community of Kollita Wolah built their schoolhouse in 1989, it was a proud moment. Located a few kilometers to the north of Gbarnga, a bustling hub city in central Liberia, residents of the town … Continue reading →

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Evaluating Liberia’s private school partners: why policy decisions must be based on more than numbers

Posted on 16 February 2017 by

By Stuart Cameron, Senior Education Consultant at Oxford Policy Management. ‘Partnership Schools for Liberia’ (PSL) is a hot topic in education policy circles. A pilot programme outsourcing control of government primary schools to eight private providers, it has attracted considerable … Continue reading →

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Education needs to fundamentally change if we are to reach our global development goals

Posted on 6 September 2016 by

The new Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report by UNESCO, released this morning, shows the vast potential for education to propel progress towards all global goals outlined in the new Sustainable Development Agenda (SDGs). But, if education is to fulfill that … Continue reading →

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