The Development and Dynamics of Public-Private Partnerships in the Philippines' Education: A Counterintuitive Case of School Choice, Competition, and Privatization
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| Title: | The Development and Dynamics of Public-Private Partnerships in the Philippines' Education: A Counterintuitive Case of School Choice, Competition, and Privatization |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Termes, Andreu, Edwards, D. Brent (ORCID |
| Source: | Educational Policy. Jan 2020 34(1):91-117. |
| Availability: | SAGE Publications. 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320. Tel: 800-818-7243; Tel: 805-499-9774; Fax: 800-583-2665; e-mail: journals@sagepub.com; Web site: http://sagepub.com |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 27 |
| Publication Date: | 2020 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Descriptors: | Foreign Countries, Partnerships in Education, Private Sector, School Choice, Competition, Privatization, Educational Vouchers, Educational Policy, Equal Education, School Segregation |
| Geographic Terms: | Philippines |
| DOI: | 10.1177/0895904819886323 |
| ISSN: | 0895-9048 |
| Abstract: | Educational public-private partnerships (EPPP) have been widely implemented in the Philippines, primarily through the Education Service Contracting (ESC) voucher. Yet, the effects of this voucher on privatization of education, school choice, and competition dynamics remain largely understudied. This article addresses this gap through an investigation of families' school choice patterns and schools' logics of action in the Philippines' education. Paradoxically, despite the pro-private sector impetus of the Philippine government and the implementation of the voucher scheme, the privatization of school provision in the Philippines is diminishing, and the schools receiving the voucher are becoming increasingly unaffordable for the poor families to whom the voucher was initially targeted. In parallel, despite its initial equity focus, the voucher has led to different patterns of school choice among families and to an array of responses by schools, both of which have combined to accentuate school segregation and stratification dynamics--between and within schools. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2019 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1237004 |
| Database: | ERIC |
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