Women

When it comes to women in education there is a large gap between men and women in countries were education is privatized. Although there is public education in some countries in most countries effected by the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund do not even have an option of public or private. While the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund  put plans into effect to help the economy by privatizing social services it only helps those who get the contract for privatization. With the movie Women and Globalization it showed how women take the brunt of the hurt. While boys are some times able to go to school girls and young women are sent away to work because it is easier to hire a women than it is a man. The inequalities that are put in place between men and women only make the problems worst.

Privatization

When we look at privatization there are what seems like to be pros. The idea of better education in the private sector and the idea of having both a functioning public and private school system like there is in the United States where education is a right not a privilege. Although when it comes to countries that are associated by loans from the World Bank public education is not an option. These nations are poorer nations, and the citizens do not have the funds to send their children to these private or charter schools. The victims of this is not just the children which are the direct victim but also the society as a whole. There is no hope of getting out of the poverty without eduation and skills. Although if a family is able to put a child through private schools it is much more likely to be a boy than a girl; girls and young women have and easier time finding work because they can be paid less so it really does become a society that is based on keeping one down to try and bring another up. These are just thoughts of sexism and and classism and how those that are unable to defend themselves seem to have no one to help them because there is no profit in it.

Niger

Western Africa is one of the poorest areas in the world. Niger in no exception. When it comes to the Nigerian population 64% of the population is at or below the poverty line. This makes it difficult for children to go to school. Children in these poor families cannot afford to go to school even if it was public and free; they have to work to help their families. Only 29% of adults and 37% of children are literate. Also those that are enrolled in school it is less than half of all students at 45% at the primary school level and 8% at the scondary school level. These people are not able to get themselves out of poverty; they do not even have the basic skills to work. There are option in the labor feild but these option would not be well paying or the working conditions good. Although what option would the citizens of of Niger have to better themselves, their children or their country.

Whats in a Name?

http://www.unesco.org/iiep/eng/newsletter/2001/jane01.pdf

What is in a name? We know what private means; it is not public or in the open space. When we privatize education it is no longer out there for all to see or to benefit from. Take Cameroon for example. When it comes to privatized education there it makes up more than a quater of primary and secondary schools. Although there are public schools these private schools so create a stratification of classes. While children of better off families are able to pay for these private schools. Although Cameroon has taken an economic hit and along with that their private schools are no longer getting the income to sustain their schools. This just seems to be that the second-class public schools that are sub-par are going to take another hit. While privatized education can be a good thing it seems to be a mistake. There seems to be more monetary focus on the privatized schools while even these schools ar enot able to support themselves.  With this example it just goes to prove that the inequalities of privatized education create larger gaps between the rich and the poor. With the poor growing larger in number and the rich growing richer and smaller in number. The schools in Cameroon will not be able to sustain all of the students that are trying to go into their school system. What will be the cause of this? Will all of Cameroon’s schools become privatized and just susbsized by the government?

BBC – Do People in Africa Perfer Private Schools

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/5368590.stm

When it comes to private school and government school in Africa there seems to be a consensus that the government school is not good compared to private school. In the last few years the quality of government schools are differnet than they used to be and while some places in Africa no longer have government school. These schools are different and the teachers are also teaching in the private schools so while they do not teach in the publicly funded schools they have them go to the paid tutoring lessons or the private school with the same teachers. Why is this so? Yet if the majority of the parents are able to or willing to pay for private school why should the government pay for the school. Also there is a larger problem with the World Bank and IMF and their regulations with public government services. While these regulations last the educational standards will go down and the popularity of private schools will gain more popularity.

           Privatized education can be difficult to understand here in the United States. Many people think that it is about private schools and do not realize that privatization is the privatization of public schools. This means many things to many people. There is the idea that the market become more competitive when there is a privatized educational system. Although it also makes it to where the average family cannot support their childrens education or only one of the many may do to school. When it comes to developing or Third World nations this is the case for many. Also it becomes a gender issue. Boys are able to go to school. Girls are put to work when they are old enough setting them back. This is because in many nations it is much easier to oppress young women. Privatized has many more problems than benefits. In nations that are having issues with social programs and are unable to finance public education tend to have higher levels of poverty and lower literacy rates. When comparing life styles a nation that privatizes is unable to education or train their citizens in a trade so they are therefore unable to go into a trade. These people may work in factories or in skill-less labor based jobs. The result is that there is not middle class. The classes are more stratified and the larger class of poor gets larger while the rich get richer and smaller in number.

Introduction

This blog will be about the privatization of education. Specifically looking at developing nations. Also when it comes to the privatization of education I will be discussing how the privatization happened and what influenced that nation to make that decision. The developing nations have different reasons for privatizing their education systems. With the World Bank and the Internatioanl Monetary Fund loaning money to these developing nations causing them to privatize social services. The effects of this privatization especially education causes problems yet some people think that it is good for the nation and its economy.