Privatisation and Decentralisation of Schooling in Malawi: Default or Design?

Autor/in	Rose, Pauline
Titel	Privatisation and Decentralisation of Schooling in Malawi: Default or Design?
Quelle	In: Compare A Journal of Comparative Education, 35 (2005) 2, S.153-165 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0305-7925
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Private Schools; Educational Change; Governance; Administrative Organization; Educational Policy; Government School Relationship; Malawi + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Private school; Privatschule; Bildungsreform; Education; Educational policy; Financing; Steuerung; Bildung; Erziehung; Bildungspolitik; Finanzierung; Politics of education
Abstract	This paper explores progress in designing and implementing privatisation and decentralisation reforms in the education sector, which have become increasingly advocated by international agencies over the past two decades. Privatisation can be considered one of the organisational forms of decentralisation--indicating a transfer of authority and responsibility from government to private hands. However, in national policy, the reforms are often considered independently of each other. Importantly, evidence from Malawi indicates that there are differences in implementation of the reforms. Decentralisation is taking place by design, but progressing slowly as the central government seeks to maintain control over the education sector. By contrast, private schools have been rapidly expanding by default in some areas of Malawi, paradoxically resulting in a shift in control away from the central government, with potential adverse consequences for educational quality. (Author).
Anmerkungen	Customer Services for Taylor & Francis Group Journals, 325 Chestnut Street, Suite 800, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420 (Toll Free); Fax: 215-625-8914.
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10