Demystifying Privatization of Education in Sub-Saharan Africa: Do Poor Households Utilize Private Schooling Because of Perceived Quality, Distance to School, or Low Fees?

Autor/inn/en	Ngware, Moses Waithanji; Mutisya, Maurice
Titel	Demystifying Privatization of Education in Sub-Saharan Africa: Do Poor Households Utilize Private Schooling Because of Perceived Quality, Distance to School, or Low Fees?
Quelle	In: Comparative Education Review, 65 (2021) 1, S.124-146 (23 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0010-4086
DOI	10.1086/712090
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; School Choice; Low Income Groups; Urban Areas; Private Schools; Elementary Education; Educational Quality; Fees; Parent Attitudes; Grants; Costs; Proximity; Kenya + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Choice of school; Schulwahl; Urban area; Stadtregion; Private school; Privatschule; Elementarunterricht; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Gebühren; Studiengebühren; Elternverhalten; Grant; Finanzielle Beihilfe; Cost; Kosten; Lebensnähe; Kenia
Abstract	This article examines why poor urban households utilize low-fee private schools despite the government's pro-poor free primary education program in Kenya. Cross-sectional data collected in 2010 through a demographic surveillance survey is analyzed. Students' parents responded to questions concerning their perceptions of the quality of schooling after the introduction of free primary education. In total, 6,660 students living in 4,220 households are included in the analysis. A structural equation model was estimated to investigate how perceived quality of schooling, direct schooling costs, and distance to school affected the household's choice of school. Results show that poor households utilize low-fee private schools because of physical convenience, rather than quality of education and/or low-fees charged. We conclude that enhanced accessibility to government schools among poor urban households and provision of capitation grants targeting children from these households rather than the schools are urgently needed. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01