Low-cost private schools in Tanzania: A descriptive analysis

This paper discusses the potential role of low-cost private secondary schools in Tanzania. The share of private enrollment has been negatively correlated with the availability of public schools. With the 2016 Fee-Free Basic Education Policy, the public secondary education system is experiencing sign...

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Autores principales: Sabarwal, Shwetlena, Sununtnasuk, Celeste, Ramachandran, Deepika
Formato: Artículo preliminar
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: World Bank 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142255
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author Sabarwal, Shwetlena
Sununtnasuk, Celeste
Ramachandran, Deepika
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Sununtnasuk, Celeste
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description This paper discusses the potential role of low-cost private secondary schools in Tanzania. The share of private enrollment has been negatively correlated with the availability of public schools. With the 2016 Fee-Free Basic Education Policy, the public secondary education system is experiencing significant demand pressures. The government has limited resources to address these pressures. Using micro-data from the Morogoro region, the paper finds that private schools have excess capacity that can allow for absorption of additional students at relatively low cost through potential public-private partnerships. The paper finds no evidence that service delivery or student performance is worse in private schools relative to their public counterparts. These findings provide empirical evidence on some key enabling conditions for potential public-private partnerships for secondary education in Tanzania.
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spelling CGSpace1422552024-10-25T08:05:46Z Low-cost private schools in Tanzania: A descriptive analysis Sabarwal, Shwetlena Sununtnasuk, Celeste Ramachandran, Deepika costs educational systems public-private partnerships prices private education This paper discusses the potential role of low-cost private secondary schools in Tanzania. The share of private enrollment has been negatively correlated with the availability of public schools. With the 2016 Fee-Free Basic Education Policy, the public secondary education system is experiencing significant demand pressures. The government has limited resources to address these pressures. Using micro-data from the Morogoro region, the paper finds that private schools have excess capacity that can allow for absorption of additional students at relatively low cost through potential public-private partnerships. The paper finds no evidence that service delivery or student performance is worse in private schools relative to their public counterparts. These findings provide empirical evidence on some key enabling conditions for potential public-private partnerships for secondary education in Tanzania. 2020-09-01 2024-05-22T12:10:13Z 2024-05-22T12:10:13Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142255 en Open Access World Bank Sabarwal, Shwetlena; Sununtnasuk, Celeste; and Ramachandran, Deepika. 2020. Low-cost private schools in Tanzania: A descriptive analysis. World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 9360. Washington, DC: World Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34357
spellingShingle costs
educational systems
public-private partnerships
prices
private education
Sabarwal, Shwetlena
Sununtnasuk, Celeste
Ramachandran, Deepika
Low-cost private schools in Tanzania: A descriptive analysis
title Low-cost private schools in Tanzania: A descriptive analysis
title_full Low-cost private schools in Tanzania: A descriptive analysis
title_fullStr Low-cost private schools in Tanzania: A descriptive analysis
title_full_unstemmed Low-cost private schools in Tanzania: A descriptive analysis
title_short Low-cost private schools in Tanzania: A descriptive analysis
title_sort low cost private schools in tanzania a descriptive analysis
topic costs
educational systems
public-private partnerships
prices
private education
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