Low-cost private schools in Tanzania: A descriptive analysis

cg.authorship.typesCGIAR single centre
cg.contributor.donorStrategic Impact Evaluation Fund
cg.contributor.donorMulti-Donor Education and Skills Fund
cg.coverage.countryTanzania
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2TZ
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionSub-saharan Africa
cg.creator.identifierCeleste Sununtnasuk: 0000-0002-2332-7386
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Poverty, Health, and Nutrition Division
cg.identifier.publicationRankNot ranked
cg.identifier.urlhttp://hdl.handle.net/10986/34357
cg.placeWashington, DC
cg.reviewStatusInternal Review
dc.contributor.authorSabarwal, Shwetlena
dc.contributor.authorSununtnasuk, Celeste
dc.contributor.authorRamachandran, Deepika
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-22T12:10:13Zen
dc.date.available2024-05-22T12:10:13Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/142255
dc.titleLow-cost private schools in Tanzania: A descriptive analysisen
dcterms.abstractThis paper discusses the potential role of low-cost private secondary schools in Tanzania. The share of private enrollment has been negatively correlated with the availability of public schools. With the 2016 Fee-Free Basic Education Policy, the public secondary education system is experiencing significant demand pressures. The government has limited resources to address these pressures. Using micro-data from the Morogoro region, the paper finds that private schools have excess capacity that can allow for absorption of additional students at relatively low cost through potential public-private partnerships. The paper finds no evidence that service delivery or student performance is worse in private schools relative to their public counterparts. These findings provide empirical evidence on some key enabling conditions for potential public-private partnerships for secondary education in Tanzania.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.bibliographicCitationSabarwal, Shwetlena; Sununtnasuk, Celeste; and Ramachandran, Deepika. 2020. Low-cost private schools in Tanzania: A descriptive analysis. World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 9360. Washington, DC: World Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34357en
dcterms.isPartOfWorld Bank Policy Research Working Paperen
dcterms.issued2020-09-01
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-3.0-IGO
dcterms.publisherWorld Bank
dcterms.replaceshttps://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll5/id/7387
dcterms.subjectcostsen
dcterms.subjecteducational systemsen
dcterms.subjectpublic-private partnershipsen
dcterms.subjectpricesen
dcterms.subjectprivate educationen
dcterms.typeWorking Paper

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