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Unlock the potential of public-private partnerships in education. This groundbreaking study offers fresh empirical evidence on the effectiveness and cost of various educational models in developing countries across Africa, Latin America, and Asia. Delve into rigorous case studies examining voucher programs and faith-based schools, uncovering key insights into school performance, targeting, and cost-effectiveness. Discover how these partnerships impact student achievement, literacy, and numeracy, and learn what factors drive success or failure. Emerging Evidence on Vouchers and Faith-Based Providers in Education is essential reading for policymakers, researchers, and practitioners seeking innovative solutions to improve educational outcomes and promote social mobility in developing nations. Explore the challenges and opportunities of these partnerships and gain a deeper understanding of how to create more effective and equitable education systems.

This title provides a comprehensive analysis of education development in Singapore since 1965, giving particular attention to the strategic management that has enabled Singapore to transform its education and training system from one similar to many Sub-Saharan African countries four decades ago into one of the world's best-performing systems.

This practice brief offers evidence-based recommendations to community college leaders via four themes in addressing degree completion. Informed by Wang's (2017) emerging model of momentum for community college student success, it presents practical methods to lead students to completion by building momentum. Whereas there exists a national movement for increased college completion, this brief provides success strategies for leaders to influence behaviors and choices of students in ways that deliver momentum toward completion. At a time when demographic forecasts and demand for higher education in the United States predicts fewer students in community colleges, increasing persistence and completion rates become a greater priority. Leaders should anticipate these shifts and enhance strategies to increase degree completion. Evidence-based practice suggests this can be accomplished through students achieving early college credits, completing specific milestones, increasing enrollment intensity, and maintaining continuous enrollment. These themes provide a system leaders can utilize to achieve results.

Enhancing the role of private sector partners in education can lead to significant improvements in education service delivery. However, the realization of such benefits depends in great part on the design of the partnership between the public and private sectors, on the overall regulatory framework of the country, and on the governmental capacity to oversee and enforce its contracts with the private sector. Under the right terms, private sector participation in education can increase efficiency, choice, and access to education services, particularly for students who tend to fail in traditional education settings. Private-for-profit schools across the world are already serving a vast range of usersâ€\"from elite families to children in poor communities. Through balanced public-private partnerships (PPPs) in education, governments can leverage the specialized skills offered by private organizations as well as overcome operating restrictions such as salary scales and work rules that limit public sector responses. 'The Role and Impact of Public-Private Partnerships in Education' presents a conceptualization of the issues related to PPPs in education, a detailed review of rigorous evaluations, and guidleines on how to create successful PPPs. The book shows how this approach can facilitate service delivery, lead to additional financing, expand equitable access, and improve learning outcomes. The book also discusses the best way to set up these arrangements in practice. This information will be of particular interest to policymakers, teachers, researchers, and development practitioners.

This study critically examines the transformative landscape of higher education financing in India, focusing on the shift from traditional government funding to an increased reliance on educational loans provided by commercial banks. The paper employs a detailed methodological approach, utilizing secondary data sources to analyze various aspects of educational financing. The research is structured around key areas: the growth and status of higher education in India, the Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) trends, patterns in the financing of higher education, and the performance of educational loan schemes under public sector banks. The study examines trends in aggregate public expenditure on education as a percentage of GDP and total expenditure, as well as the streamwise and bankwise distribution of educational loans. It also scrutinizes the growth and performance of educational loan schemes, evaluating the overall effectiveness and challenges within this financing model. The analysis reveals a significant increase in higher education institutions and enrolment rates, accompanied by a shift in funding sources from predominantly government-led to more diversified, including a substantial rise in educational loans. The paper highlights the challenges faced by commercial banks in managing these loans, including issues related to the distribution and repayment of educational loans. The study concludes with insights into the implications of these trends for educational policy, emphasizing the need for a balanced approach in financing higher education that considers affordability and accessibility while ensuring quality and equity. This paper critically examines the evolution and current challenges in the financing of higher education in India, with a particular focus on the role of commercial banks in this transformative landscape. Through an in-depth analysis of secondary data, the study identifies a significant shift from traditional government funding to an increased reliance on educational loans offered by commercial banks. This shift is pivotal as it reflects a broader trend towards privatization and market-driven models in higher education financing. The significance of this work lies in its comprehensive evaluation of the educational loan schemes implemented by public sector banks and their impact on higher education accessibility and affordability. By analyzing trends in the Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER), the distribution and performance of educational loans, and the challenges faced by banks in managing these loans, the paper provides valuable insights into the effectiveness of current policies and practices. It also highlights the critical need for a balanced approach that ensures equitable access to education while maintaining financial sustainability. The findings from this study are instrumental for policymakers, educational planners, and financial institutions as they seek to improve and innovate financing models for higher education. The paper emphasizes the importance of inclusive financial strategies that accommodate the socio-economic diversity of students and ensure that no capable student is deterred from pursuing higher education due to financial constraints. Moreover, the recommendations provided aim to enhance the structural and operational aspects of educational loan schemes, making them more robust and responsive to the needs of the student population. This research not only charts the evolution of educational financing but also serves as a crucial blueprint for future reforms, ensuring that higher education remains a catalyst for socio-economic development in India. By addressing both the achievements and the shortcomings of current financing models, this paper contributes significantly to the ongoing discourse on making higher education both accessible and sustainable.

In on-demand education, students often experience problems with directing their own learning processes. A Structured Task Evaluation and Planning Portfolio (STEPP) was designed to help students develop 3 basic self-directed learning skills: Assessing the quality of own performance, formulating learning needs, and selecting future learning tasks. A case study with 10 first-year students in the domain of hairdressing was conducted to evaluate STEPP's use, usability, and perceived effectiveness. Results from student interviews show that usability and use are influenced by several factors. Students with low prior hairdressing skills, a weakly developed personal approach to direct their own learning, and an inclination to update STEPP as part of their weekly routine, use STEPP more frequently than students without these characteristics. Both the supervisor and students who frequently used STEPP perceived its use as a positive contribution to the development of self-directed learning skills. Furthermore, this study provides guidelines for the design of development portfolios in on-demand education.

En este trabajo analizamos en qué medida la especialización de las economías regionales en sectores productivos intensivos en mano de obra no cualificada cuentan con tasas de abandono escolar prematuro más elevadas en sus sistemas escolares. Utilizando un panel de datos con las 17 Comunidades Autónomas españolas (2000-2013), encontramos una fuerte evidencia empírica de que aquellas que se especializan en sectores como la industria, la construcción, la agricultura o los servicios (excluidos los servicios del sector público) tienen tasas más altas de abandono escolar, frente a aquellos donde el sector público es más importante. Nuestros resultados comUniversitat plementan los estudios basados en microdatos de los determinantes de las tasas de abandono escolar prematuro, que se centran en las preferencias individuales, el estado civil de los padres y el entorno social. La conclusión que se puede sacar de nuestro estudio es que las políticas educativas dirigidas a reducir las tasas de abandono educativo temprano deben diseñarse considerando la estructura productiva de las regiones donde se implementarán.

This experimental study was designed to investigate whether supervision meetings, in which students receive specific advice on how to use a development portfolio to monitor their progress and plan their future learning, helps them to develop self-directed learning skills and improve their learning in the domain. In the first year of a hairdressing program in vocational education, supervision meetings were used to provide students with either specific advice or not. Students in the advice group (n = 21) formulated better learning needs, selected more suitable learning tasks, completed more practical assignments, and acquired more certificates than students in the feedback-only group (n = 22). Interviews also showed that students in the advice group appreciated the supervision meeting more and perceived them as more effective than students in the feedback-only group. Guidelines are provided for the use of development portfolios and the organization of supervision meetings in on-demand vocational education.

The purpose of the work is to determine the characteristics of the social demand for higher education in Russia. The methodological basis of the research is built around the neo-institutional theory, namely D. North's theory of institutional evolution. A theoretical model of the social inquiry for higher education in Russia was developed; four factors with the greatest influence on the social demand were formulated: 1) social inertia; 2) market laws; 3) students' intentions; 4) fashion and trends. The research was conducted and the results of comprehension of features of the social demand for higher education in Russia were presented. The qualitative empirical research aimed at verification of the proposed model of the social inquiry along with the analysis and comparison of the importance of the formulated factors. The theoretical model of the social demand for higher education in Russia was developed; a comparison of concepts of the social inquiry was made.

Contents: The conceptual framework -- Educational outcomes and their impact on labor market outcomes -- Employment outcomes and links to the broader economic context -- Conclusion : how education can improve labor market outcomes.