Governments should stop regarding private education as an enemy
; in poor countries, the education it offers is slightly better than the government variety. But it also encourages inequality and discourages social mobility.
Another approach is to regulate private education, by, for instance, setting stringent standards for facilities and teaching. That is a reasonable thing to do in countries where the state works well, but a state that cannot provide decent education is unlikely to be a good regulator.looked at 19 studies to see whether developing-country governments were any good at regulating schools; 14 concluded that they were not, three that they were, and two were not sure. Bribery is a common problem.
Such partnerships are spreading, but their performance so far has been mixed. They suffer from the same problem as regulation does: governments that cannot provide education are unlikely to be good at commissioning it. India’s reservation of 25% of private-school places for poorer children has not been a great success.
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