School Choice in Rural Nigeria? The Limits of Low-Fee Private Schooling in Kwara State

Autor/in	Härmä, Joanna
Titel	School Choice in Rural Nigeria? The Limits of Low-Fee Private Schooling in Kwara State
Quelle	In: Comparative Education, 52 (2016) 2, S.246-266 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0305-0068
DOI	10.1080/03050068.2016.1142737
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; School Choice; Private Schools; Rural Areas; Low Income Groups; Fees; Cost Effectiveness; Focus Groups; Interviews; Parent Surveys; Parent Attitudes; Enrollment Influences; Educational Development; Educational Demand; Access to Education; Equal Education; Rural Urban Differences; Elementary Schools; Nigeria + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Choice of school; Schulwahl; Private school; Privatschule; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Gebühren; Studiengebühren; Kosten-Nutzen-Analyse; Kosten-Nutzen-Denken; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Elternverhalten; Bildungsentwicklung; Bildungsanforderung; Bildungsnachfrage; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Stadt-Land-Beziehung; Elementary school; Grundschule; Volksschule
Abstract	The rise in low-fee private (LFP) primary schooling serving relatively poor clients is becoming well-documented. However much of this literature focuses on urban areas whose dense populations are favourable to market growth and competition. This paper goes some way to filling a gap in the literature on whether LFP schools are serving the needs of the poor in rural areas, taking the case of one Nigerian state. It contrasts the situation in rural areas with that of urban Ilorin, where private schools cater to over half of all enrolled children. The paper shows that private schooling is currently inaccessible to the poor, with only 3.3% of children in the poorest 40% of the population attending them, and only 13% of enrolled children in rural areas. The key message is that redoubled efforts are needed to improve government schools as providers of last resort to those bypassed by the market. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01