The dilemmas of school choice: do parents really ‘choose’ low-fee private schools in Delhi, India?
The dilemmas of school choice: do parents really ‘choose’ low-fee private schools in Delhi, India?
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择校困境：家长真的会“选择”印度德里的低收费私立学校吗？
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10.1080/03057925.2017.1401451
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2017
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Tatsuya
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Mousumi Manjuma Akhtar and Kusakabe;Tatsuya
印度私立学校的数量不断增加，特别是那些接受贫困家庭儿童的私立学校，被认为是需求驱动的。与此相反的理解，本文认为，低收入的父母在Okhla和巴达尔布尔在印度德里，被迫送他们的孩子到私人独立承认和不承认的学校。这些学校被用作小学或小学年级的临时学校，因为人们认为把年幼的孩子送到遥远的政府学校有危险。我们的研究结果表明，家长遇到学校选择困境的三个阶段。家长们更喜欢把孩子送到公立学校，但作为穆斯林，他们也更喜欢在伊斯兰环境中以信仰为基础的教学，他们希望公立学校而不是私立学校。此外，他们更喜欢提供所有年级的学校，不收取费用，并有诚实的教师，他们教得很好，敬业，充满爱心，并将纪律灌输给他们的孩子。
The growing number of private schools in India, especially those accepting children from underprivileged households, has been considered demand driven. In contrast to this understanding, this paper argues that low-income parents in Okhla and Badarpur in Delhi, India, are compelled to send their children to private unaided recognised and unrecognised schools. These schools are used as interim schools during primary or elementary grades because of the perceived danger of sending younger children to distant government schools. Our findings show that parents encounter school choice dilemmas in three stages. Parents prefer sending their children to government schools, but being Muslim, they also prefer faith-based teaching in an Islamic environment, which they expect from government schools but not from private schools. Moreover, they prefer schools that offer all grades, do not charge fees, and have honest teachers who teach effectively, are dedicated and affectionate, and will instil discipline in their children.