International Conference on PPP in Secondary Education New Delhi, August 29-30, 2011 With the success of India’s Sarva Skhiksha Abhiyan (SSA) or Education for All, which has substantially reduced the number of “out of school” children (6-14 years) in the country, the stage has been set for an exponential growth in secondary education. To equip school leavers with the knowledge and skills that will enable them to participate productively in India’s changing labor market, the Government of India (GoI) launched the Rashtriya Madhamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) in 2009 with the aim of making good quality secondary education available, accessible and affordable to all young people in the age group 15-16 years. To implement this large mandate, the GoI has been considering undertaking Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) in education. Recent years have seen an expansion and broadening of the private sector’s role in the financing and provision of education services in many countries and more sophisticated forms of private involvement in the development sector – such as in health and education – have emerged. Yet, despite the expansion of PPPs and the increased attention they have recently received, there is a need for a greater discourse and agreement about what constitutes a PPP, how they are defined and, perhaps more importantly, how they can be structured in a manner that ensures accountability for the use of public resources by private agents. At this critical juncture, greater dialogue is required between stakeholders to discuss, debate and understand PPPs - their definition, role, types, structuring systems, key performance indicators, financial arrangements, regulatory and legal aspects and exit strategies. With this purpose in view, the World Bank, in collaboration with India’s Ministry of Human Resources Development and the World Bank Institute (WBI) is organizing a two-day International Conference on PPP in Secondary Education from August 29-30, 2011 in New Delhi. At the conference, the Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance, will also share its initiatives on PPPs in general, with special relevance to education.
We hope sharing of some best practices at the national and international levels will help generate structural frameworks for PPPs in education that are realistic, robust and implementable. To initiate the discussions, the World Bank has prepared an Issues Paper on PPP in Secondary School Education (see below).
Agenda Background Note on PPP in Secondary Education (503 kb) .pdf |
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