The Role and Impact of Public-Private Partnerships in Education

Public-Private Partnerships: Program and Policy Descriptions by Contract Type 81
Country Program Program Description Objective Partners
Infrastructure Services/Education Services
74 Australia New Schools
Project in New
South Wales
75 Australia
(South
Australia)
76 Australia
(Queensland)
77 Belgium
(Flanders)
Education Works
New Schools
Private finance
initiatives
Private finance
initiatives
78 Canada PPPs for Education
Infrastructure Nova
Scotia
79 Canada
(Alberta)
Private finance
initiatives
The private sector finances, designs, and constructs public
schools following standards established by the Department
of Education and also provides cleaning, maintenance, repair,
security, safety, utility, and related services for buildings,
furniture, and equipment until 2032. Private operators receive
performance-related monthly payments. At the end of the
contract, the buildings will be transferred to the public
sector.
The private sector will deliver new school infrastructure. The
funding arrangement provides for the development of six new
schools in the Playford North, Inner North, and Inner West
areas of metropolitan Adelaide. The project value is estimated
at $128 million ($A134 million) for the 2006–07 budget
The private sector will take responsibility for the construction
and maintenance of seven schools over a 30-year contract, but
the education services will still be provided by the government.
The tasks to be contracted out to the private sector include
building repairs, cleaning, janitorial duties, grounds-keeping,
and security. Handing over responsibility for these services
to the private sector will allow teachers to focus on providing
education.
The government selects a single consortium to be responsible
for the design, construction, financing, and maintenance of
all school building projects. The consortium does not own the
buildings but will receive financial compensation over 30 years
in exchange for making the buildings available to the schools.
Secondary advantages include a decrease in costs due to
economies of scale and the fact that school boards can focus
on providing education.
The government contracts with private providers, on a basis
of competitive bidding, the design, construction, finance, and
maintenance of schools for a period of 20 years. Incentives
were built into contracts to ensure quality construction and
maintenance.
The Alberta Government is moving forward with the planning
and construction of 14 new schools that will feature innovative
design concepts for middle and senior high schools for the
Calgary and Edmonton regions. These 14 new schools are part
of a 20-year plan to build new schools in areas of greatest
need.
80 Denmark Trehoje School A Design, Build, Maintain, and Operate contract for a period of
24 years valued at $24.5 million (DKr116 million)
81 Egypt, Arab
Rep. of
PPP for new
schools
The government provides land while its private sector
partners design, construct, finance, and furnish public schools
and provide noneducational services under 15–20 year
agreements.
82 Germany Offenbach schools The government contracts out the financing, refurbishment,
and operation of government schools. Its private sector
partners operate the schools for 15 years.
83 Germany City of Cologne
schools
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Private operators,
the State
Department of
Education and
Training
The government
of South Australia,
the Department
of Education and
Children
The Queensland
State Government,
private financial
partners
The Flemish
Agency for
Infrastructure in
Education, private
financial partners
The government
of Nova Scotia,
private providers
The government
of Alberta,
construction firms,
school jurisdictions,
communities
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of Denmark
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