The privatizations of education around the world

Class at Jean Benoit College in Yaoundé, June 1, 2020 (Photo illustration).

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By: Emmanuelle Bastide

2 min

Privatization has long been gaining ground all over the world.

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Private schools and high schools contribute to the development of education, but thanks to family money and sometimes without state control as in Haiti.

Some countries even favor the private sector, by offering education vouchers, leaving families free to choose between private and public, as in Chile, or by financing for each student from the private 85% of the amount allocated to the public, as in Sweden. .

In addition, with the pandemic, some private establishments have closed their doors without playing their public service mission.

Should we be concerned about these developments?

Xavier Pons

, lecturer in educational sciences at the University of Paris-Est Créteil (UPEC) and co-coordinator of number 82 of the Revue internationale d'études de Sèvres (France Éducation international, entitled Les Privatizations de l ' education from France Education international

Paola Martinez Infante

, Chilean freelance journalist

Zamblé Théodore Goin Bi

, research professor at Péléforo Gon Coulibaly University in Korhogo (Ivory Coast)

With the participation of

president of the consultancy firm AfricSearch

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