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 pupil from the private sector 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

, University professor in educational sciences at the University of Paris-Est Créteil (UPEC) and co-coordinator of issue 82 Les privatizations de l'Education of the Revue internationale d'études de Sèvres (France Éducation international )

- Paola Martinez Infante

, Chilean freelance journalist

- Zamblé Théodore Goin Bi

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

With the participation of

Didier Acouetey,

president of the consultancy firm AfricSearch.

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