The Role and Impact of Public-Private Partnerships in Education

72 THE ROLE AND IMPACT OF PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS IN EDUCATION
Country Program Program Description Objective Partners
Educational Services
7 Chile Voucher scheme This voucher scheme involves the government paying a
monthly fixed fee to subsidized private schools according to
their enrollment numbers. There is price discrimination among
private subsidized schools depending on their location and
level of education. Families have no restrictions on school
selection, but private subsidized schools are not compelled to
accept any student. Subsidized schools must meet minimum
requirements but enjoy management flexibility. Vouchers are
paid directly to private schools. In addition, the government
gives nonportable subsidies to public schools in low-income
areas.
8 Colombia Plan de Ampliacion
de la Cobertura
de la Educacion
Secundaria
Vouchers are made available to students from low-income
families who had been attending public schools but who
had been accepted into a private school. Vouchers were
renewable subject to satisfactory academic performance.
9 Colombia Contract schools Local governments contract private schools to deliver public
education services for a determined number of students in an
academic year. The private contractors assume all or some of
the costs involved in educating a student and the government
reimburses them on a per-pupil basis in accordance with
the pre-agreed contract. In 2004, 11.2% of the students in
eight cities in Colombia were enrolled in contract schools.
Secretaries of Education establish the number of places
needed for public school students, develop a pool of bidders
for the selection of education service providers, and process
contracts. A list of eligible students is presented to each
private school selected. Only in one city, Cali, are parents
allowed to select their children’s school.
10 Côte d’Ivoire Contracts for
education services
11 Czech
Republic
Voucher scheme
The government gives a payment to lower and upper
secondary private schools for each public student that they
enroll. Schools must be “chartered” to take on additional
students, and placement depends in part on the educational
performance of the school. Subsidies vary with school location
and are loosely tied to the number of students enrolled. The
number of students in the private school sponsorship program
was 223,000 in 2001 (an increase from 116,000 in 1993).
All schools, public and private, receive public funding based
on the number of students enrolled. The funding consists of
(1) base funding equal to 50% of state school funding, and (2)
supplementary funding based on quality, assessed on the basis
of explicit criteria.
12 Denmark Voucher scheme Private schools, some of them organized by parents, receive
grants from the central government corresponding to
approximately 80% of their total expenditures. Schools must
meet centrally determined standards, and teachers must
possess the required qualifications. The grants take into
account property-related and operating costs and vary across
schools depending on their size, the age distribution of their
students, and the seniority of their teachers.
13 Gambia, The Scholarships The government funds full scholarships that cover the costs
of tuition, books, and examination fees to one-third of girls
in upper basic and secondary private schools with low
enrollment in the most deprived regions. They also cover
tuition and examination fees for 10% of girls who excel
in science, math, and technology at the upper basic and
secondary school level in less deprived regions.
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Increase access,
improve quality,
and support the
decentralization of
education
Increase access
to secondary
schooling for
children from poor
families
Increase access to
quality education
services for lowincome
students
Increase supply of
education to meet
student demand
Increase access
and improve quality
Increase access
and improve quality
Increase access,
retention rates, and
girls’ enrollment
rates
Central
government,
subsidized
private schools,
municipalities
Secretaries of
Education at the
departmental and
municipal level and
private schools
Territorial
entities, private
schools, Ministry
of Education,
Secretaries of
Education
Government of Côte
d’Ivoire, private
schools
Ministry of
Education, nonstate
schools
Government of
Denmark, private
schools, parent
boards
Private schools,
Boards of
Governors, and the
government of The
Gambia
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