Private Schools and Education for All

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Private Schools and Education for All

• S.V. Gomathi
• Director
• The Educare Trust

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CHINA Gansu Beijing
Five countries
GHANA
INDIA Andhra Pradesh Delhi
NIGERIA
KENYA
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Census and Survey of Inputs

• Systematic census and survey of all primary and
  secondary schools in selected low-income areas
  slums, shanty towns and villages
• Census in low-income and slum areas of Hyderabad
  namely 3 zones
• 1. Bahadurpura
• 2. Bandlaguda
• 3. Charminar
• Mapping all schools
• Interview and observation schedule

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In slums searching for schools found....

• 918 schools
• Government 320 (34.9)
• PA 49 (5.3)
• PUA unrecognised 335 (36.5)
• PUA recognised 214 (23.3)
• More unrecognised private
• than government schools

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Majority of poor children attending private
unaided schools

• 65 of school children attend private unaided
  schools in the slum areas of the three zones of
  the Old City

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Enrolment in unrecognised private unaided schools

• The same percentage of children are in
  unrecognised private unaided schools as there are
  in government schools
• 23 compared to 24

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Pupil teacher ratios

• Government 421
• PA - 431
• PUA unrecognised - 221
• PUA recognised 271

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Teacher salaries

• Private unaided schools cost significantly less
  than government schools in teacher and per pupil
  costs
• Average monthly teacher salary in government
  schools is nearly 4x higher than in unrecognised
  private and over 2x higher as in recognised
  private

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Subsidised seats in private schools

• The poorest are given free or subsidised seats in
  private unaided schools
• One in five of all children in private unaided
  schools have free or concessionary seats
• 7 of children in private schools have free
  places
• 11 of children in private schools have
  concessionary seats

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Observations
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Results Hyderabad

• Testing of 3,910 children from a sample of 153
  schools
• IQ
• Maths
• English
• Urdu or Telugu
• Questionnaires to students, parents, teachers and
  school managers for background variables.

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Pupil achievement

• Recognised and unrecognised schools outperform
  government schools

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Maths achievement

• After controlling for all background variables an
  average child would achieve
• - Government 41
• - Unrecognised private 55
• - Recognised private 60

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English achievement

• After controlling for all background variables an
  average child would achieve
• Government 27
• Private unrecognised 41
• Private recognised 48

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Urdu and Telugu achievement

• Difference in Urdu and Telugu are statistically
  insignificant

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Conclusions

• Private schools for the poor bring higher
  achievement for significantly lower costs than
  government schools.
• Not everyone is served by private schools but
  the majority are.

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Implications?

• Recognising private schools role in education
  for all
• Celebration of achievement
• Helping the poorest of the poor access private
  schools
• Helping private unaided schools to improve even
  more
• Deregulation?

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