School choice in rural Nigeria? The limits of low-fee private schooling in Kwara State
School choice in rural Nigeria? The limits of low-fee private schooling in Kwara State
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尼日利亚农村的学校选择？
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2016
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Joanna Härmä
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作者：
Joanna Härmä
为相对贫困的学生提供低收费私立小学教育的现象越来越多，这是有据可查的。然而，这些文献大多集中在人口稠密有利于市场增长和竞争的城市地区。本文以尼日利亚一个州为例，在一定程度上填补了文献中关于LFP学校是否满足农村地区穷人需求的空白。它将农村地区的情况与伊洛林城市地区的情况作了对比，在伊洛林城市，私立学校为一半以上的入学儿童提供服务。该文件显示，目前穷人无法获得私立学校教育，在最贫穷的40%人口中，只有3.3%的儿童接受私立学校教育，农村地区只有13%的儿童入学。关键的信息是，需要加倍努力改善公立学校，使其成为那些被市场绕过的人的最后手段。
ABSTRACT The rise in low-fee private (LFP) primary schooling serving relatively poor clients is becoming well-documented. However much of this literature focuses on urban areas whose dense populations are favourable to market growth and competition. This paper goes some way to filling a gap in the literature on whether LFP schools are serving the needs of the poor in rural areas, taking the case of one Nigerian state. It contrasts the situation in rural areas with that of urban Ilorin, where private schools cater to over half of all enrolled children. The paper shows that private schooling is currently inaccessible to the poor, with only 3.3% of children in the poorest 40% of the population attending them, and only 13% of enrolled children in rural areas. The key message is that redoubled efforts are needed to improve government schools as providers of last resort to those bypassed by the market.