Transcript From Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan To Universal Secondary Education

Public Private Participation in
Education
Dr. Kumud Bansal
UPAAM
Lucknow
23rd June 2010
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Contents
• Rationale for PPP
• PPP in School Education
• PPP in Higher & Technical Education
• The Road ahead
• Experiences from Maharashtra
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Rationale for PPP
• PPP is contractual relationship between the Government and
the Private Sector for a specific project for which the responsibility
of providing public service like education rests with the Government
but the infrastructure provision or service delivery is entrusted to
private sector.
• PPP as a mode of functioning is widely accepted in core sectors
like roads, highways, ports, railways, bridges etc.
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Rationale for PPP
• Easing the budget constraints: There is a huge gap between
requirement and provision of financial resources.
– Provision made in the XI Plan for education:
Outlay (Rs. Crores)
Higher & Tech. Education
30,000
Secondary Education
53,550
Required (Rs. Crores)
2,52,00,000
1,45,000
• Only 10% of the relevant age group of 18-23 enrolled in colleges
and universities.
• The NKC has proposed that to reach GER 15% by 2012, we would
require 1,500 universities as against 480 today. As against this in
the XI Plan only 30 new Central Universities were planned. The
resource gap is obvious.
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Rationale for PPP
• Efficiency gains due to specialization of the private sector e.g.
innovative design, appropriate instrument for raising funds, provide
support services with greater efficiency.
• Speed of implementation, reduction of costs due to greater
managerial efficiency.
• Accountability for performance – failed school in PPP model
would mean no payment.
• Quality monitoring. Government will monitor the quality as
payment is related to quality.
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Rationale for PPP
• Greater flexibility. In PPP the private partner will have higher
autonomy and flexibility in the functioning of the educational
institutions.
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PPP in School Education
• Under PPP contract following range of services can be provided in
varying combinations.
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Infrastructure services (design, build , maintain building)
Non-educational services (catering, transport of students etc.)
Support services (IT facility, library, playfield, gymnasium etc.)
Educational services
Teachers’ training
Management of public schools (with existing staff , facilities)
Operation of public schools (provision of teaching /nonteaching services including staff)
– Provision of schooling in private schools for publicly funded
students (voucher system)
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PPP in School Education
• Existing PPP models in India
• Government aided schools.
• Grant of land at concessional rate for schools
• RTE 25% reservation of under privileged children in
unaided schools. The cost is to be reimbursed by the State
at the rate of per child in Government school.
• Out of 6,000 model secondary schools, 2,500 secondary
schools to be set up under PPP.
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PPP in Higher & Technical Education
• Government aided colleges.
• Land at concessional rate.
• Vocational courses in degree colleges on self-sustaining
basis
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The Road Ahead
• The basic infrastructure model – private sector provides the
basic infrastructure while Government runs and manages the
institutions and makes annual payment to the private sector
• Outsourcing model – Where private sector invests in
infrastructure, operates and manages the institutions. Government
makes annual payments against outcome.
• Equity or hybrid model – where investment in infrastructure is
shared by Government and private sector and operation and
management vests with the private sector.
• Reverse outsourcing model – where Government invests in
infrastructure and private sector takes the responsibility of operation
and management.
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The Road Ahead
• There is a need for detailed framework for scope, measurable
outcome for the contract / partnership with the private sector.
• Need for transparent selection criteria.
• Harmonization of concerns of the Constitutional responsibility of
local bodies for school education with the private participation.
• Vocational education courses and technical education to be
liberally started with the help of private players and industries.
• World class universities could be either in PPP or private sector.
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Experiences from Maharashtra
• About 94% secondary schools have been set up private
management. They were brought in grant-in-aid pattern from early
70s.
• Vocational education – 5129 vocational institutions are run by
private providers as against 240 Government and 1286 aided
institutions. 5 lacs students study in the private unaided vocational
institutions . Exams are held by the State Vocational Education
Board.
• 343 ITIs are unaided .
• Higher education – There are only 11 government colleges. The
remaining 3035 colleges are set up by the private management.
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Experiences from Maharashtra
• Out of 271 engineering colleges, only 6 are Government
colleges. The remaining are all private unaided, many of whom
have got land on concessional rates from the State Government.
• Recent private sector participation in evaluation of Government
schools by Educational Initiatives and ASER Report prepared by
an NGO Prathan.
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Thank You
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