Private schools have little impact on quality of learning - research
A class in session. Researchers warn that in many countries, private schools may be drawing support away from state education, without significantly increasing standards. PHOTO | FILE | NMG
Private schools have become synonymous with lower income countries as the quality of state education systems declines, but new research shows private education has surprisingly little effect – and in some cases no real impact – on learning.
Data from more than 560,000 children in Kenya, Uganda, India and Pakistan shows that on average, “at least half of the learning gains that privately-educated pupils make over their state-school peers reflects their more advantaged backgrounds, rather than the quality of their learning.”
