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Category Archives: private sector
Re-building resilient education systems: three lessons on the privatisation of education emerging from the COVID-19 pandemic
English / Español By members of the Privatisation in Education and Human Rights Consortium It is well-known that the disruptions to education due to COVID-19 are enormous. In order to understand the full effects of the pandemic, members of the … Continue reading
Posted in Non-state actors, private schools, private sector, privatisation
Tagged coronavirus, covid19, Non-state actors, privatisation
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Rethinking non-state engagement in education
By Dr. Prachi Srivastava, Associate Professor, University of Western Ontario, author of the Think Piece prepared for the 2021 GEM Report on non-state actors in education. As previous recent blogs on this site have illustrated, non-state actors have long operated … Continue reading
What you told us in the online consultation for the 2021 GEM Report on non-state actors
The 2021 GEM Report will focus on the many ways in which non-state actors are involved in education systems. It will discuss the state role in the process (regulatory frameworks, accountability mechanisms) and reflect on the most recent developments in … Continue reading
Are private actors the solution to achieve SDG 4?
By Dr. Maria Ron Balsera, ActionAid SDG 4 aims to ‘ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all’, with the leading principle of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development to ‘leave no one behind’. Yet, … Continue reading
Private sector participation in education: where it occurs, and why
By Antoni Verger, Adrián Zancajo, Clara Fontdevila The privatization of basic education is a global phenomenon, growing in all corners of the world. As a pre-cursor to a larger discussion on this issue to be featured in the 2021 GEM … Continue reading
Private supplementary tutoring: a global phenomenon with far-reaching implications
By Mark Bray, Centre for International Research in Supplementary Tutoring (CIRIST), Faculty of Education, East China Normal University, and UNESCO Chair in Comparative Education, The University of Hong Kong. The GEM Report team is much to be applauded for focusing … Continue reading
The consequences – and causes – of private school growth: a look at Nepal
This blog by Priyadarshani Joshi, Senior Analyst, Global Education Monitoring Report, is the first of a series of blogs in the run up to the 2021 GEM Report on non-state actors in education Few issues have garnered as much policy … Continue reading
Join the consultation on the 2021 GEM Report on non-state actors in education
We are extending the online consultation and expressions of interest for the 2021 GEM Report on non-state actors in education. The concept note for the Report is now available in English/ Français / Español and Русский. Chinese and Arabic will follow soon. Your views … Continue reading
Consultation and call for contributions for the 2021 GEM Report on non-state actors in education
Few topics in education generate as much passion as the role of non-state actors. While everyone wants to achieve the goal of providing quality education for all, who delivers it, who is engaged, and how they are engaged is a … Continue reading
An e-textbook scandal rocks Antigua
A couple of weeks ago, the leader of the opposition in Antigua, Jamale Pringle, called for the resignation of the Minister of Education, Michael Browne. Why? The heat has been turned up over the matter of some 6,000 e-books due … Continue reading
Posted in Finance, private sector, privatisation, textbooks, Uncategorized
Tagged Antigua, Finance, private sector, textbooks
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