ppt on privatization in education https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eC6Magh4R70

1. PRIVATIZATION
IN
EDUCATION

2. ORIGIN OF PRIVATIZATION
Ancient Greece
When governments contracted out almost
everything to the private sector

3. FIRST TIME USED
The Economist magazine introduced the term in the
1930s in covering Nazi German economic policy.

4. PRIVATIZATION
It refers to mode of working by being
outside the control of the government. It
is the process of transferring ownership
of the public sector i.e. a government to
the private sector.

5. Privatization Implemented
 This policy was associated
initially with Margaret Thatcher's
government in the 1980s, which
privatised numerous companies,
including PUBLIC UTILITY
businesses such as British
Telecom, British Gas, and
electricity and water companies.
During the 1990s, privatisation
became a favourite policy of
governments all over the world.
Thatcherism

6. PRIVATIZATION IN INDIA
In 1991, New Economic Policy
Finance minister Dr. Manmohan Singh under the
guidance of Prime Minister P.V.Narasimha Rao

7. CHARACTERISTICS OF
PRIVATIZATION
 Individual’s or company’s ownership
 No control of government
 Different fields
 Good alternative

8. PRIVATIZATION IN EDUCATION
• Initially considered as
the prime responsibility
of the state
• Numerous debates
• Joint responsibility of
both public and private
personnel

9. DECISIONS FAVOURING
PRIVATIZATION
 National Policy of Education, 1986
 Eighth Five Year Plan, 1992-1997
 UGC, 1995
 The World Bank, 1995
 Supreme Court Judgment, 2002

10. Historical Background
Situation during
1882-1902
During world
war(1939-1945)
After
independence

11. FACTORS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
CHANGE
GROWING NUMBER OF
STUDENTS
INABILITY OF THE STATE

12. GROWING NUMBER OF STUDENTS
Year Enrollment (in million)
1950-51 0.2
1960-61 0.6
197071 2
1980-81 2.8
1990-91 4.4
2005-06 10.5

13. INABILITY OF THE STATE
 POOR ACCESS: 7% of youth age group 16-24 have
access to higher education, which needs to be raised
atleast 10%.
 NON PLACEMENT: 25 to 30% of the students who
pass class 12th do not find placement in higher
education.
 LOW PRIORITY:In the 1st 5 year plan , allocation to
education was 7.6%. It came down to 1.3%in 8th plan.

14. PROS AND CONS OF
PRIVATIZATION OF EDUCATION

15. EFFICIENT USE OF RESOURCES

16. DOMESTIC INVESTMENT

17. VARIETY AND SELECTION

18. COMMERCIALIZATION

19. RELIEVES GOVERNMENT’S BURDEN

20. SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

21. FINANCIAL SUPPORT

22. EROSION IN QUALITY

23. SOLUTION OF ECONOMIC
PROBLEMS

24. EXPANSION AND DEVELOPMENT
No doubt, there’s expansion of
infrastructure due to
Privatization but there’s lack of qualified
teachers i.e.
There’s quantitative expansion but not
qualitative one.

25. INCREASE IN FOREIGN DIRECT
INVESTMENT

26. INEQUALITY

27. EARNING CAPABILITIES

28. COSTLY

29. INCREASED COMPETITION

30. FUTURE TRENDS

31. INCREASING AVAILABILITY AND
ACCESSIBILITY
 Physical availability and accessibility.
 Establishment of new schools.

32. INCREASING EDUCATIONAL
CHOICES
Choices of courses
Media professions
Mass communication
Management course
Medical course
Engineering

33. QUALITY OF EDUCATION
No. of students Public schools Private schools
No. of students with
certificates of
excellence
52 % 79 %
Failures 52 % 24 %

34. CHANGING ENROLLMENT PATTERN
Growth in Higher Education in India
Institutions 1950 2008
Universities 30 431
Colleges 750 20677
Enrollment 263 11612
Teachers 24 % 55 %

35. NEW TECHNOLOGY USAGE IN
EDUCATION

36. PRIVATE TEACHING

37. CONCLUSION
 Privatization can help India to gain higher competitive
advantages in education sector.
 There can be some manipulations but can be managed
by proper rules and regulations by government.
 There’re always pros and cons that can be overcome by
involving government and private sector effectively.

38. THANK YOU