Title: WEM2001 EDUCATION MARKET
1International Finance Corporation Investing In
Private Education
K4D Presentation
by Ron Perkinson 15th
January 2004
2IFC Entry into Education
- First project in 1995
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- Conducted Global Education Study, 1998
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- Established Global Social Sectors Group for
Health and Education (CHEPG), Yr 2000 -
- New IFC Strategy in Education 2001
3IFC Education Portfolio
4IFC Services Education
- Loans Preference for local currency
Fixed or floating market-rate
pricing - Tailored
to cash flow, typically 7 to 12 yrs
- Grace
periods cover gestation phase
- Equity Seldom except for ICT type private
ventures Passive investor difficult to add
value Need well defined exit mechanism
Not for Profit status
difficult
5The Global Market
- 2.2 trillion total
one third of market in
USA
approx 15 only in the developing world - Teachers 5 of global labor force
- Primary Secondary Education
substantially
public funded - Tertiary Adult Education
changing
landscape - free provision diminished
regulatory -
governments more liberalized
private sector participation
growing (est 18)
Sources Merrill Lynch 2000 OECD 2000 World
Bank IFC
6World Population Growth
Year Population Time Per Billion
Yr 1 250 m
1800 1 b 1800 yrs
1930 2 b 130 yrs
1960 3 b 30 yrs
1975 4 b 15 yrs
1988 5 b 13 yrs
2001 6 b 13 yrs
Source 6 Billion Human Beings - Musée de
l'Homme Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle,
Paris France
7Balancing Education Sector Needs . . . .
. . . . With Fiscal Realities
- Economic decline available resources for
education shrink -
- Governments reconciling and balancing education
fiscal realities and demographic trends -
- Supplementary costs shifting to parents and
students -
- Tuition fees increasing globally
8Trends in Public Private Financing
Education Global Estimates - All Countries 1996
to 2000
87
82
Public investment
Private investment
18
13
Source OECD 2000 UNESCO 1999 IFC staff
estimates 2002 est. Trends in
Private Investment
9Enrollment in Private Higher Education (as a of
total)
Latest Internal ADB est YR 2001
Source IBRD OECD 2001
10Drivers for Increased Private Investment at
Tertiary Level
- Fiscal pressures on public funding
alternative sources and
forms of funding needed - Unmet Supply Demand demographic increases
creating investment opportunities - Increased demand for knowledge / skilled workers
worldwide niched investment opportunities - Globalization global market for higher
education and training cross border
opportunities (GATS) - Increasing tuition fee levels in public
institutions
11IFC Education Portfolio(Approved Pipeline
Examples)
- Universities
- Technical / Vocational Training
- Schools
- On-Line Tutoring (24hrs)
- Education Portals
- Distance Learning / e-Learning
- Education Technology Companies
- Supporting other education initiatives
(eg. Loan Fund Student Loans)
12Escol_at_24horas.com
13Escol_at_24horas.comSummary
- Project On-line tutoring services for 160,000
K-12 students across Brazil, on a 24 hr per day
basis. Today 200,000 plus students. Also,
operation now being replicated in Mexico. -
- IFC Investment Up to US3.25 million in
equity (25 stake) - Exit mechanism Public Listing Tag Along Rights
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- Project Cost US13million
14Istanbul Bilgi University
- Founded in 1994 as a not-for-profit HEI
- Project comprised expansion and modernization of
facilities to accommodate student growth 5000
students to 7600 students over three years - Refurbishment of two campuses
- Develop courseware and assist to implement the
first on-line graduate program e-MBA in Turkey - Acquisition of I.T. and technical equipment for
new facilities - Introduction of proprietary student financing
mechanism - US29.0 million project
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15Teaching Learning Drive The Use Of Appropriate
Technologies
Pedagogic Feedback Review
16Universidad Diego Portales - Chile
- Partial guarantee (7m) for 8yr local Chilean
bond - face value of Bond approx US23 million -
- Bond proceeds used to finance Universitys
expansion, modernization and to improve quality
of operations construction of 3 new buildings
and refurbishing 6 existing -
- Additional space caters for growth from 9,300
students to 14,000 students by Yr 2010 -
- Project accommodates construction and
refurbishment of neighborhood of downtown
Santiago preserves districts heritage
17TA Project Norton University
- University started in 1997
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- Growth 700 to 4400 students in 5 years
- Leased premises max capacity about 4500 students
- Purchased land new campus 12,000 students
- Apply for University status new legal
framework
- Project not bankable without Technical Assistance
18IFC Technical Assistance
Initial Review
back to basics how to start
a university
template for establishing a
Tertiary Institution
quality indicators, academic
and governance characteristics
Strategic Planning
report and recommendations
design of new curriculum
framework, student financial MIS
future phasing of academic and governance
requirements
Accreditation Requirements
Governing Council
QMS System implement
curriculum framework
Dip Foundation Studies Yrs 1
3 courses
Application for
Accreditation to GoC
19Technical Assistance Results
- New Board external representation
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- Quality Management System 50 KQIs
- Diploma of Foundation Studies
- Application for Accreditation
20Student Financing
- Over 60 countries have student loans mostly
public schemes -
- Variable performance
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- Loan schemes important can improve access and
opportunity -
- Some barriers private banking sector experience
limited cost of credit
usually high
mobility of
students after graduating
underwriting risk and cross border issues
difficult -
- Access to proven systems experience valuable
21NIIT
- Approved Yr 2000 started Yr 2002/3
- Loans on purely commercial terms
- Seven year loan with partial grace period
- Yr 1 to 3 students make a partial interest
payment (Rps1000/ mth - 20/ mth) - Yr 4 to 7 student makes equal monthly payments
(around Rps4000/mth - 80/ mth) - Fixed interest rates 16
- Loans signed by student and co-borrower
- For students in last 2 yrs of 4 yr program
- Cover only 90 of tuition and computer costs
- Citibank underwrites scheme IFC shares risk
- Scheme to scale up to 90m over 12 yrs
22Eduloan
- IFC US2.8 million convertible loan
- Deductions from student payroll accounts
- Students employed while studying at Universities
Technikons - Part time students are 15 of the anticipated
portfolio - Universities and Technikons to extend to nursing
and teaching, private industry training bodies
and business studies - Delinquencies have been low (less than 2)
- Eduloan has 50,000 users
- Loan portfolio is expected to reach US 40
million with around 97,000 student loans by Yr
2005. - Loan amounts per student approx. US 280 to US
425 repayable within 12 months - Standard Bank now 47 shareholder
23Bankable HEI Project 10 Success Factors
- Operating in positive regulatory environment for
private investment - Attractive Market conditions unmet demand and
supply - Clear strategic vision
- Saleable services
- Predictable revenues
- Strong financial management and internal control
systems - Proven education business model / concept
- Relevance coherence of the curriculum
strategies - Positive cash flows with nearer term (short
medium) profitability - Strong governance and administration management
with proven track records not always academic
decision makers
24Future Outlook
- Mainly tertiary education projects
- Primary Secondary still preserve of
governments - Portals and Education Technologies low/medium
possibility - Public goes Private growth
- Graduate Schools Business, IT/Engineering and
Law - Medical Schools
- Bricks Mortar capacity building
- Bond Issues growing interest
- Student Financing steady as she goes strong
demand