$2 school in a box !
WRI’s blog (Next Billion) has this post about Spark Group’s bottom of the pyramid business approach to education.
I remember reading results from a recent survey (probably World Bank…i forget the exact details… ) which said that the families at the bottom of the socio-economic ladder show a preference for paid private schools over free state-funded schools. The teachers at government funded schools often don’t show up, in the private schools the parents are able to ensure at least the teachers come to teach. The parents are able to leverage their purchasing power of the service to get better accountability.
July 9th, 2007 at 6:33 am
well its not even those from bottom but even from those slightly upwards
and surprisingly people do not make eforts to improve the situation and yet criticise the low education levels of those children who are forced to study in them