Book Review of, Low-Fee Private Schooling and Poverty in Developing Countries
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Compare-A Journal of Comparative and International Education
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Publication Date
7-24-2024
Abstract
Book Review: In Low-fee Private Schooling and Poverty in Developing Countries, Joanna Härmä draws on primary research carried out in sub-Saharan African countries and in India to show how the poor are being failed by both government and private schools. The primary research data and experiences are combined with additional examples from around the world to offer a wide perspective on the issue of marketized education, low-fee private schooling and government systems. Härmä offers a pragmatic approach to a divisive issue and an ideologically-driven debate and shows how the well-intentioned international drive towards 'education for all' is being encouraged and even imposed long before some countries have prepared the teachers and developed the systems needed to implement it successfully. Suggesting that governments need to take a much more constructive approach to the issue, Härmä argues for a greater acceptance of the challenges, abandoning ideological positions and a scaling back of ambition in the hope of laying stronger foundations for educational development.
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10.1080/03057925.2024.2383506
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https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/42555
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Narayanan, M. (2024). Low-fee private schooling and poverty in developing countries Low-fee private schooling and poverty in developing countries , by Joanna Härmä, London & New York, Bloomsbury, 2021, 264 pp., £29.99 (paperback), ISBN 978-1350197527: by Joanna Härmä, London & New York, Bloomsbury, 2021, 264 pp., £29.99 (paperback), ISBN 978-1350197527. Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 1–3.