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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spelling okr-10986-215772021-04-23T14:04:03Z Haiti : Can Non-Public Schools Fill the Gap for Poor Children? World Bank EDUCATION EXPERTS FREE TUITION JOB OPPORTUNITIES LEARNING PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOL AGE PRIMARY SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN PRIMARY SCHOOL ENROLLMENT PRIMARY SCHOOLS PRIVATE SCHOOLS PUBLIC SCHOOLS RESEARCHERS SCHOOLS TEACHER TEACHERS TEACHING TEXTBOOKS TUITION TUITION PAYMENTS TUITION SUBSIDIES EDUCATION EXPERTS FREE TUITION JOB OPPORTUNITIES LEARNING PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOL AGE PRIMARY SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN PRIMARY SCHOOL ENROLLMENT PRIMARY SCHOOLS PRIVATE SCHOOLS PUBLIC SCHOOLS RESEARCHERS SCHOOLS TEACHER TEACHERS TEACHING TEXTBOOKS TUITION TUITION PAYMENTS TUITION SUBSIDIES EDUCATION EXPERTS FREE TUITION JOB OPPORTUNITIES LEARNING PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOL AGE PRIMARY SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN PRIMARY SCHOOL ENROLLMENT PRIMARY SCHOOLS PRIVATE SCHOOLS PUBLIC SCHOOLS RESEARCHERS SCHOOLS TEACHER TEACHERS TEACHING TEXTBOOKS TUITION TUITION PAYMENTS TUITION SUBSIDIES EDUCATION EXPERTS FREE TUITION JOB OPPORTUNITIES LEARNING PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOL AGE PRIMARY SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN PRIMARY SCHOOL ENROLLMENT PRIMARY SCHOOLS PRIVATE SCHOOLS PUBLIC SCHOOLS RESEARCHERS SCHOOLS TEACHER TEACHERS TEACHING TEXTBOOKS TUITION TUITION PAYMENTS TUITION SUBSIDIES 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. 2015-03-11T14:24:04Z 2015-03-11T14:24:04Z 2015-02 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/02/24119469/haiti-can-non-public-schools-fill-gap-poor-children http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21577 English en_US From Evidence to Policy; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Brief Latin America & Caribbean Haiti
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FREE TUITION
JOB OPPORTUNITIES
LEARNING
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PRIMARY SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN
PRIMARY SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
PRIMARY SCHOOLS
PRIVATE SCHOOLS
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
RESEARCHERS
SCHOOLS
TEACHER
TEACHERS
TEACHING
TEXTBOOKS
TUITION
TUITION PAYMENTS
TUITION SUBSIDIES
EDUCATION EXPERTS
FREE TUITION
JOB OPPORTUNITIES
LEARNING
PRIMARY SCHOOL
PRIMARY SCHOOL AGE
PRIMARY SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN
PRIMARY SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
PRIMARY SCHOOLS
PRIVATE SCHOOLS
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
RESEARCHERS
SCHOOLS
TEACHER
TEACHERS
TEACHING
TEXTBOOKS
TUITION
TUITION PAYMENTS
TUITION SUBSIDIES EDUCATION EXPERTS
FREE TUITION
JOB OPPORTUNITIES
LEARNING
PRIMARY SCHOOL
PRIMARY SCHOOL AGE
PRIMARY SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN
PRIMARY SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
PRIMARY SCHOOLS
PRIVATE SCHOOLS
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
RESEARCHERS
SCHOOLS
TEACHER
TEACHERS
TEACHING
TEXTBOOKS
TUITION
TUITION PAYMENTS
TUITION SUBSIDIES
EDUCATION EXPERTS
FREE TUITION
JOB OPPORTUNITIES
LEARNING
PRIMARY SCHOOL
PRIMARY SCHOOL AGE
PRIMARY SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN
PRIMARY SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
PRIMARY SCHOOLS
PRIVATE SCHOOLS
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
RESEARCHERS
SCHOOLS
TEACHER
TEACHERS
TEACHING
TEXTBOOKS
TUITION
TUITION PAYMENTS
TUITION SUBSIDIES
spellingShingle EDUCATION EXPERTS
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PRIMARY SCHOOLS
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RESEARCHERS
SCHOOLS
TEACHER
TEACHERS
TEACHING
TEXTBOOKS
TUITION
TUITION PAYMENTS
TUITION SUBSIDIES
EDUCATION EXPERTS
FREE TUITION
JOB OPPORTUNITIES
LEARNING
PRIMARY SCHOOL
PRIMARY SCHOOL AGE
PRIMARY SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN
PRIMARY SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
PRIMARY SCHOOLS
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RESEARCHERS
SCHOOLS
TEACHER
TEACHERS
TEACHING
TEXTBOOKS
TUITION
TUITION PAYMENTS
TUITION SUBSIDIES EDUCATION EXPERTS
FREE TUITION
JOB OPPORTUNITIES
LEARNING
PRIMARY SCHOOL
PRIMARY SCHOOL AGE
PRIMARY SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN
PRIMARY SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
PRIMARY SCHOOLS
PRIVATE SCHOOLS
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
RESEARCHERS
SCHOOLS
TEACHER
TEACHERS
TEACHING
TEXTBOOKS
TUITION
TUITION PAYMENTS
TUITION SUBSIDIES
EDUCATION EXPERTS
FREE TUITION
JOB OPPORTUNITIES
LEARNING
PRIMARY SCHOOL
PRIMARY SCHOOL AGE
PRIMARY SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN
PRIMARY SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
PRIMARY SCHOOLS
PRIVATE SCHOOLS
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
RESEARCHERS
SCHOOLS
TEACHER
TEACHERS
TEACHING
TEXTBOOKS
TUITION
TUITION PAYMENTS
TUITION SUBSIDIES
World Bank
Haiti : Can Non-Public Schools Fill the Gap for Poor Children?
geographic_facet Latin America & Caribbean
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description 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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title Haiti : Can Non-Public Schools Fill the Gap for Poor Children?
title_short Haiti : Can Non-Public Schools Fill the Gap for Poor Children?
title_full Haiti : Can Non-Public Schools Fill the Gap for Poor Children?
title_fullStr Haiti : Can Non-Public Schools Fill the Gap for Poor Children?
title_full_unstemmed Haiti : Can Non-Public Schools Fill the Gap for Poor Children?
title_sort haiti : can non-public schools fill the gap for poor children?
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2015
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/02/24119469/haiti-can-non-public-schools-fill-gap-poor-children
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