Privatisation Flashcards
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What is Privatisation
A process by which services that were once owned by the state are transferred to the private sector,companies,religious institutions,charities or other non governmental organisations
Ball and Youdell 2007
Identify two main types of privatisation privatisation in education and privatisation of education
Privatisation
Policies related to the concepts of marketisation and privatisation in eduction were first established by the conservative government 1979-1997
Privatisation in education
Privatisation in education refers to an ethos that institutions have been expected to adopt.This has been essentially to have the values and practices of the private sector and to become more business-like this has included:
.Local management of schools
.Competition between schools for students.Per capita funding which means schools are largely funded by the number of students attracted
.Performance related pay
.Consumer (parent) choice of schools
.From 2010 rapid expansion off state funded but independently managed academies and free schools where staff pay and conditions often set by the school rather than through national agreement
Privatisation of eduction
Aspects of the provision of education formally run by the state have been passed to private-profit making businesses that operate outside of education. Ball and Youdell (2007) UK and international companies taking over
School services- supply of administration staff, maintenance and catering supply teachers,staff development and training.Data management
Management of schools privately managed chains of academy schools(2014 running 70 secondary schools) e.g Academics enterprise trust
Running the examination system- The UK’s largest awarding body Edexcel is run by the multinational company Pearson PLC. Pearson is one of the worlds largest education and book publishing companies and provides qualification in over 70 countries
Advantages of privatisation
More efficient schools
More choice for parents
Profits motivate may encourage private companies to intervene and improve schools in areas where education is of poor quality
