Education is one of the vital services that a modern state is expected to provide to its people. It is a service that every welfare democracy is obliged to give in the most accessible form. In simple terms, privatization of education refers to the state’s policy of allowing educational institutions, both higher and lower, to be run by non-state or private parties for monetary benefits. In contemporary times, many liberal democratic countries across the world are increasingly trying to privatize this basic service.
This is an issue of long debate. Thanks for raising this important question.
I think in a developing country. the state should retain the lead role in education (such as primary school, college and the university). This is a must for an inclusive society. So that any brilliant student does not fail to obtain the education he/she wanted and deserved.
On the other hand, the state can allow private sectors to operate as well. obviously, private schools, colleges and universities would be much expensive, and the tuition would be high. Families who can afford, they can send their children to private schools.
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I think that education can only be given by the state or mixed. There are examples of countries in the world where both types of education are provided. The answer to this question should include the ethnic structure, economy, security status, cultural status, historical and cultural background of the country. However, I do not see any harm in the fact that the basic education rights of the citizens are given by the states and other trainings are carried out by the private sector.
Mehmet Emir thanks for your reply. By the way some extent I back to differ with you. People of the nation should not be deprived in getting equal opportunity on the basis of their geographical location, economic background or other background. In this process the people are lacking the quality education due to their geographical location, economic background and educational background of parents. And you know the situation of of govt. school. I do not think it is inclusive towards the children of said background.
Creo que la discusión entre lo qué debe ser público y privado, en este caso la educación, encuentra su respuesta en primera instancia en la clase de sociedad que se desea ser. Para quienes sostienen el individualismo, los mecanismos del mercado, etc, la respuesta es privado. para quienes contemplan una visión de solidaridad, de justicia social, etc, la respuesta es público. Así antes de responder si la educación debe ser privada o pública, respondamos que tipo de sociedad queremos ser.
Dulce Ma. Cinta please reply in English as a result I may able to understand.
Well my english is not very good. I think that in order to speak about private or public education, first we have to decide what kind of soiety we want to be. If we think that we will rst on individualismo and market, so the school should be privete, but if we believe in solidarity and social justice the the education should be public. but the main cuestion is waht kind of society we want to be.
Dulce Ma. Cinta I
Thanks for your reply, In my perspective there should be one education system for the nation irrespective of society. There is no hindrance to introduce market or business administrative courses in public sector also.
But the jobs market are quiete different respect about the dicotomy private/public.
Minaketan,
I agree with Dulce Ma. Cinta that the kind of society we want would shape the education system and its essence, goals and features. For democratic societies, education would be for active citizenship first and foremost, developing critical thought, compassion and empathetic imagination and including poetry, play, music, and dance in day-to-day practices. You can read more in the works of Freire, Dewey, Nussbaum and others. For a primarily market-oriented education, training in specific skills and tools would be enough, and there will be no place for play, music, poetry. Market incentives frame everything through a quantifiable cost-benefit lens. As to how the education is provided, it could be mixed, public and private, given that both would be diverse and of high quality.
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What kind of society do I want, a free society, made up of free people who respect each other. I can't talk about education without freedom. A vital part of that freedom is to be able to choose between different educational alternatives. In which, of course, one or the other education must have as pillars the value of the person, of solidarity and social justice, if not, they are not education. And this can be done from the private school and from the public one.
State ownership is discouraged in the Liberal democratic system. To achieve greater efficiency, privatization is is assumed as a significant mechanism in the liberal system. Consequently, the education sector is also privatized in the liberal capitalist system. However, in many countries especially, in the developing countries, state ownership of education sector is significant to ensure greater access of the vulnerable peoples to the education. Additionally, due to the profit gaining perspective of the owner of privatized education institutions, privatization of education creates a burden to all.
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