Low-Fee Private Schools for Early Childhood Care and Education? Insights from Zambia in the Context of Economic Globalisation
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| Title: | Low-Fee Private Schools for Early Childhood Care and Education? Insights from Zambia in the Context of Economic Globalisation |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Edwards, D. Brent (ORCID |
| Source: | International Review of Education. Dec 2022 68(6):897-910. |
| Availability: | Springer. Available from: Springer Nature. One New York Plaza, Suite 4600, New York, NY 10004. Tel: 800-777-4643; Tel: 212-460-1500; Fax: 212-460-1700; e-mail: customerservice@springernature.com; Web site: https://link.springer.com/ |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 14 |
| Publication Date: | 2022 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Education Level: | Early Childhood Education |
| Descriptors: | Private Schools, Fees, Early Childhood Education, Foreign Countries, Low Income Students, Privatization, Economic Factors, Global Approach |
| Geographic Terms: | Zambia |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s11159-023-09985-x |
| ISSN: | 0020-8566 1573-0638 |
| Abstract: | In the past decade, the trend of "low-fee private schools" (LFPSs) for the poor has increasingly gained attention, particularly in low- and middle-income countries where governmental funding is insufficient to provide education for all. Up to now, research has tended to address this phenomenon in the context of primary and, to some extent, secondary education. Where research is particularly lacking is at the level of early childhood care and education (ECCE). Thus, while the present research note seeks, generally, to contribute to literature on the operation of LFPSs, its more specific goal is to share insights into the complexities, difficulties and in-equities that intersect with--and stem from--the provision of ECCE through LFPSs, above all in the context of insufficient public funding, low governmental capacity, and export-oriented economic globalisation. The findings reported emerged from a study of ECCE as provided by LFPSs in Lusaka, Zambia. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2023 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1367985 |
| Database: | ERIC |
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| Abstract: | In the past decade, the trend of "low-fee private schools" (LFPSs) for the poor has increasingly gained attention, particularly in low- and middle-income countries where governmental funding is insufficient to provide education for all. Up to now, research has tended to address this phenomenon in the context of primary and, to some extent, secondary education. Where research is particularly lacking is at the level of early childhood care and education (ECCE). Thus, while the present research note seeks, generally, to contribute to literature on the operation of LFPSs, its more specific goal is to share insights into the complexities, difficulties and in-equities that intersect with--and stem from--the provision of ECCE through LFPSs, above all in the context of insufficient public funding, low governmental capacity, and export-oriented economic globalisation. The findings reported emerged from a study of ECCE as provided by LFPSs in Lusaka, Zambia. |
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| ISSN: | 0020-8566 1573-0638 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s11159-023-09985-x |
