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Low-fee Private Schooling in Ghana: is growing demand improving equitable and affordable access for the poor?

Akyeampong, Kwame; Rolleston, Caine; (2013) Low-fee Private Schooling in Ghana: is growing demand improving equitable and affordable access for the poor? In: Srivastava, P, (ed.) Low-fee Private Schooling aggravating equity or mitigating disadvantage? (pp. 37-64). Symposium Books Ltd.: Oxford, UK. Green open access

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Abstract

In Ghana, large proportionate increases in enrolment in private schools appear to have played a role in improving overall access, while the expansion of this sector raises issues of comparative quality, affordability and equity. In particular, the expansion of low-few private schools draws attention to issues of relative affordability and school choice behaviour. The paper is in two parts: first of all, it explores the developing patterns of access to private basic schools in rural districts, making use of data from the Ghana Living Standards Surveys; including the GLSS 5 community survey for rural areas and administrative data from the Ghana EMIS. Private schooling is selected even by the poorest groups, although rates of private school attendance increase dramatically with household consumption. Among other factors associated with private school choice are mother’s education and other key indicators of the demand for education including religion and ethnicity alongside important supply-side effects of the availability of choice. Proportionate expenditure on private schooling increased markedly, especially among higher consumption groups. Overall inequality in terms of initial access to schooling as a whole decreased. The second part of the paper draws from qualitative data from the Consortium for Research on Educational Access, Transitions and Equity (CREATE), to explore the motivations behind poor families interests in low-fee private education, the forces which are shaping increasing demand, and the implications for public policy towards growth in low-fee private provision.

Type: Book chapter
Title: Low-fee Private Schooling in Ghana: is growing demand improving equitable and affordable access for the poor?
ISBN-13: 978-1-873927-91-5
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
Publisher version: https://www.symposium-books.co.uk/bookdetails/84/
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher's terms and conditions.
UCL classification: UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Education, Practice and Society
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10043341
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