The Role and Impact of Public-Private Partnerships in Education

74 THE ROLE AND IMPACT OF PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS IN EDUCATION
Country Program Program Description Objective Partners
Educational Services
21 Netherlands Voucher scheme The government funds public and private schools on an equal
footing. Institutions are given considerable freedom to decide
how to allocate their resources, although they must meet the
government’s performance requirements. School choice is
promoted in order to increase competition between schools,
and most students attend private schools (by 2004, 69% and
83% of enrollments at the primary and secondary level).
22 New Zealand Targeted Individual
Entitlement
23 New Zealand Public subsidies
for independent
schools
24 New Zealand Alternative
education/per-pupil
funding
The Targeted Individual Entitlement program sought to assist
children from low-income families to attend private schools,
to give more choice to parents with limited options, and to
increase educational attainment among low-income families.
Low-income students received a subsidy (110% of the average
cost of education at a state school) to attend private schools.
This was a pilot program that was abolished in 2000.
Independent schools receive subsidies of about 25% to 35%
of the average per pupil cost in public schools. Subsidies
are enrollment-based and vary by grade level. Schools must
be registered. Subsidized schools can be for-profit, they do
not have to use the national teacher’s contract, and are not
required to teach the national curriculum.
The programs seeks to provide alternative education programs
to students alienated from the education system and to
prepare students to return to mainstream secondary education
or move onto tertiary education once they reach 16 years
of age. The program contracts out the delivery of education
in nonformal settings to not-for-profit, community-based
organizations or for-profit educational providers.
25 New Zealand Integrated Schools Former private schools, mainly owned by private organizations,
have been integrated into the public system and receive
recurrent funding equivalent to that received by public
schools. Integrated schools are subject to state regulations
and are not allowed to charge tuition but are allowed to charge
fees to cover infrastructure expenditures. Integrated schools
represented 11% of enrollments in New Zealand in 2007.
26 Pakistan
(Balochistan)
27 Pakistan
(Balochistan)
28 Pakistan
(Punjab)
Urban Girls
Fellowship
Basic Education
Support Project
Financial
Assistance per
Child Enrolled Basis
Program (FAS)
In this pilot program launched in 1995, the government paid a
declining subsidy to private schools over a three-year period to
enroll girls from low-income families, in addition to a tuition fee
per girl per year. The subsidy was paid directly to the school
and was limited to 100 girls.
Program that supports the establishment of new private
schools by providing per-student subsidies to Private School
Implementation Partners (PIPs) for up to four year. Schools
are able to charge top up fees of up to PRs300 per month.
Additionally, PIPs receive per-student subsidies for facilities
and material costs. New schools will participate in the program
if they have over 50 students and there is no public school in a
radius of 20 kilometers.
The Punjab Education Foundation pays a subsidy to
participating private schools on a per pupil basis. The schools
cannot charge fees on top of the per-student subsidy paid.
Participating schools must meet eligibility criteria (in terms
in enrollment, student composition, physical infrastructure,
geographical location, the capacity to deliver quality
education, Delivered and management) by The World and register Bank e-library with the district to:
government. Subsidies are paid unknown directly to the school.
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development support for the FAS schools.
Increase access
and improve quality
Increase access
and improve quality
Increase access
and improve quality
Increase access
and retention rates
Increase access
Increase girls’
enrollment in
schools
Increase access to
low-fee high-quality
private education
Improve quality
and increase
productivity
The Dutch
government, private
schools
Participating
schools, the
government of New
Zealand
Independent
schools, the
government of New
Zealand
Single private
schools,
consortiums of
private schools,
not-for-profit
community-based
organizations, forprofit
educational
providers, the
government
Integrated schools
and the government
of New Zealand
Private schools,
the Government
of Balochistan,
parent education
committees
Private schools, the
World Bank, rural
community schools,
the Government of
Balochistan
Private eligible
schools, Punjab
Education
Foundation
(c) The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development / The World Bank