Fwd: [privatisation project] Dfid new strategy in education

[Boaz WARUKU]

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Boaz N. A. O. WARUKU

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Civil Society Education Fund - Africa Coordinator

Africa Network Campaign on Education For All (ANCEFA)

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From: Sylvain Aubry <syl...@globalinitiative-escr.org>
Date: Fri, Feb 2, 2018 at 10:50 AM
Subject: [privatisation project] Dfid new strategy in education
To: Privatisation in education and human rights project <privatisation-hu...@googlegroups.com>

Quickly from my phone, released today :https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dfid-education-policy-2018-get-children-learning.

Key extracts on the private sector below. In short, no blank support to low fee private Scholes any more, but worrying support to Ppps, which has become the new form of default private delivery, and where UK sees its expertise. Itooks like a strategy that has been designed for Ark. But some important openings on evidence, accountability, and regulations. If we play well on those, there are ways to reduce Ppps to nothing.

In my view, the danger is if the UK rallies other states to this view. We need to really isolate the UK, and get other states to think this is in the UK interest, not education. We also need to go beyond the fees and access for poor people argument, which Ppps are less sensitive to.

Extracts

UK expertise making the difference

Our ‘Best of British’ offer on education will facilitate greater access to relevant UK expertise.

We will ensure our national partners secure the best possible advice to address the critical

policy challenges they face, enabling more inclusive education, better teacher professional

development, school leadership and inspection and more effective public-private

partnerships and use of education technology.

Non-state provision: We will support decision-makers to develop good regulatory

arrangements which boost quality, accountability and innovation in the non-state

sector and public-private partnerships which improve access to education for poor

and marginalised children (boxes 7 and 8).

Box 8: Enabling quality non-state delivery

The state is the guarantor of quality basic education for all, but need not be the sole financer

or provider of education services. Non-state providers, including low-cost private schools,

play an important – and growing – role in delivering education in low- and middle-income

countries.75 Across sub-Saharan Africa it is estimated that around one in five children and

young people are enrolled at a private education institution,

76 while in South Asia the figure

is around one in three.

77 Non-state actors are the dominant education provider in many

urban settings in Asia and Africa. Many pupils attending private schools come from low-

income families.78

Non-state education provision will play an important role in meeting the educational needs of

growing populations. It is essential that where DFID supports non-state providers and public

private partnerships, they work for poor and marginalised children. Interventions need to be

carefully designed, implemented and monitored to ensure they retain a strong focus on the

intended beneficiaries and do not have unintended consequences. We are building

experience across DFID on how to achieve better outcomes through partnerships with non-

state actors.

UK domestic expertise around mixed market provision, finance, accountability and

approaches to raise overall standards can provide valuable lessons for partner governments.

We must remain conscious that how we invest in the non-state sector matters; we need to

develop and be guided by the evidence base and to experiment and adapt to ensure our

investments drive maximum impact.

We will:

 Support public-private partnerships which open up access to low-cost private schools

to out-of-school and marginalised children, including those with disabilities.

 Work with others to maximise the availability of finance to non-state providers who

wish to invest in quality and/or infrastructure.

 Support governments to improve regulation of the non-state market and share

learning on how this can be done.

 Invest in data to strengthen accountability for the quality of non-state provision.

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