Haiti : Can Non-Public Schools Fill the Gap for Poor Children?
Worldwide, some 57 million primary school age children don't have the chance to go to school. Many factors hold these children back: poverty, poor health and overcrowded or faraway facilities. The problem is most acute in Sub-Saharan Africa, w...
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| Format: | Publications & Research |
| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2015
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/02/24119469/haiti-can-non-public-schools-fill-gap-poor-children http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21577 |
| Summary: | Worldwide, some 57 million primary
school age children don't have the chance to go to
school. Many factors hold these children back: poverty, poor
health and overcrowded or faraway facilities. The problem is
most acute in Sub-Saharan Africa, where some 30 million
primary school age children aren't enrolled, but many
countries in other regions are also still struggling to
reach universal primary school enrollment. In some places,
education experts and policymakers are looking to low-cost
private schools- whether run by private providers,
faith-bases groups or non-governmental organizations to
educate more children, especially where the public system is
unable to do so. In order to make private schools
accessible, governments usually set a per student subsidy
that is supposed to cover tuition. In turn, schools agree to
charge fees to families. Development experts and
policymakers have to consider numerous issues before
implementing such approaches, from how to reach the target
population to how to ensure schools maintain quality
standards, among other things. |
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