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Direct linkHarma, Joanna – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2009
This paper examines whether the recent growth in "low-fee private" (LFP) schools is able to promote Education for All by being accessible to the poor. Based primarily on a 13-village survey of 250 households and visits to 26 private and government schools in rural Uttar Pradesh, India, this paper explores who "chooses" private…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Foreign Countries, Private Schools, School Choice
Download full textHarma, Joanna – Online Submission, 2010
In recent years India has seen an explosion in low-fee private (LFP) schooling aimed at the poorer strata of society. This marketisation of primary education is a reaction to the well-documented failings of the government system. This paper looks at LFP schooling in one rural district of Uttar Pradesh, and compares government to low cost private…
Descriptors: Private Schools, School Choice, Economically Disadvantaged, Foreign Countries
